Re: [PATCH] doc/queries.sgml: add missing comma - Mailing list pgsql-docs

On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 07:58:04PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 18.08.22 20:10, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Thus:
> > > Strictly speaking, this process is iteration, but <literal>RECURSIVE</literal>
> > > is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards committee."
> > > 
> > > Because the above sounds just fine, I'd argue that if one does leave "not
> > > recursion" it should be set off by a comma.
> > I went with new wording, which should make this even clearer;  patch
> > attached.
> 
> I think this whole note is a bit misleading, like the SQL people don't know
> what recursion is.  The point is that the query is defined recursively.  The
> evaluation process is iterative.  Those two are not contradictions.

Okay, makes sense.  Here is an updated patch.

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