From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:22:13 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: docs:  PG 12 release notes, support functions
X-Git-Tag: REL_12_BETA2~128
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=728840fe13acff7b03a4b1a813eeb8900ce5e469;p=postgresql

docs:  PG 12 release notes, support functions

Move support function mention to the proper section, and reword.

Reported-by: Tom Lane

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/5121.1558472431@sss.pgh.pa.us
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
index dcce866892..d80d89e6a2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
@@ -832,29 +832,6 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
       <listitem>
 <!--
 Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2019-02-09 [1fb57af92] Create the infrastructure for planner support functions.
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2019-02-09 [a391ff3c3] Build out the planner support function infrastructure.
--->
-
-       <para>
-        Add support function capability to improve optimizer estimates
-        for functions (Tom Lane)
-       </para>
-
-       <para>
-        This allows extensions to create planner support functions that
-        can provide function-specific selectivity, cost, and row-count
-        estimates that can depend on the function arguments.  Also, improve
-        in-core estimates for <function>generate_series()</function>,
-        <function>unnest()</function>, and functions that return boolean
-        values.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 2018-12-13 [04fe805a1] Drop no-op CoerceToDomain nodes from expressions at plan
 -->
 
@@ -2898,6 +2875,28 @@ existin
       </para>
      </listitem>
 
+      <listitem>
+<!--
+Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+2019-02-09 [1fb57af92] Create the infrastructure for planner support functions.
+Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+2019-02-09 [a391ff3c3] Build out the planner support function infrastructure.
+-->
+
+       <para>
+        Add support function capability to improve optimizer estimates,
+        inlining, and indexing for functions (Tom Lane)
+       </para>
+
+       <para>
+        This allows extensions to create planner support functions that
+        can provide function-specific selectivity, cost, and row-count
+        estimates that can depend on the function's arguments.  Support
+        functions can also supply simplified representations and index
+        conditions, greatly expanding optimization possibilities.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+
      <listitem>
 <!--
 Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>