pgsql: Further improve commentary about ChangeVarNodesWalkExpression()

From: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Further improve commentary about ChangeVarNodesWalkExpression()
Date: 2026-03-24 07:54:38
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Further improve commentary about ChangeVarNodesWalkExpression()

The updated comment explains why we use ChangeVarNodes_walker() instead of
expression_tree_walker(), and provides a bit more detail about the differences
in processing top-level Query and subqueries.

Author: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAPpHfdvbjq342WTQ705Wmqhe8794pcp7wospz%2BWUJ2qB7vuOqA%40mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 18

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REL_18_STABLE

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/8c73ab9da9f191e07d5e1c11b59e2dcbde8cafb8

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src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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