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    Use parameterized paths to generate inner indexscans more flexibly. · e2fa76d8
    Tom Lane authored
    This patch fixes the planner so that it can generate nestloop-with-
    inner-indexscan plans even with one or more levels of joining between
    the indexscan and the nestloop join that is supplying the parameter.
    The executor was fixed to handle such cases some time ago, but the
    planner was not ready.  This should improve our plans in many situations
    where join ordering restrictions formerly forced complete table scans.
    
    There is probably a fair amount of tuning work yet to be done, because
    of various heuristics that have been added to limit the number of
    parameterized paths considered.  However, we are not going to find out
    what needs to be adjusted until the code gets some real-world use, so
    it's time to get it in there where it can be tested easily.
    
    Note API change for index AM amcostestimate functions.  I'm not aware of
    any non-core index AMs, but if there are any, they will need minor
    adjustments.
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