> > You are suggesting throwing an error as soon as an idend appears as a
> > relation. I don't know enough about the code to be sure that is OK. I
> > realize the regression tests pass.
>
> Removing the said code and not applying your patch allows the parser to
> recognise that pg_class is not an attribute of pg_class relation. There
> does not seem to be any side effect from removing this code, though I
> would like to see if someone can find fault in that. If there is no
> problem, then -- in light of the discussion on this a month or so ago --
> SELECT pg_class FROM pg_class should be be considered 'select the column
> pg_class from the pg_class relation' which is the same as SELECT
> nosuchcolumn FROM pg_class. Isn't this the most effective way to solve the
> problem then?
Uh..., I don't know.
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