> If I get the difference right, semantically would apply to concepts > related to linguistics, but that's not what we have here, so you are > using a more general term.
FWIW, the pg_stat_statements docs in a few places refer to queries that may look different but have the same meaning as “semantically equivalent”, this is why I used the same terminology here. But, I have no issue with the simplified rewrite either. The patch LGTM as well. Regards, Sami Imseih Amazon Web Services (AWS)