Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Peter Eisentraut<peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> You could argue that the parser could infer the references and the
>> resultant join ordering restrictions automatically, but perhaps it was
>> deemed that an explicit specification would be less error-prone.
> Well, the irony is that our current code does already infer the
> references - and then disallows them.
Because as often as not, they're mistakes. Please don't think
you're smarter than the spec here.
regards, tom lane
