Teach simplify_boolean_equality to simplify the forms foo <> true and

foo <> false, along with its previous duties of simplifying foo = true
and foo = false.  (All of these are equivalent to just foo or NOT foo
as the case may be.)  It's not clear how often this is really useful;
but it costs almost nothing to do, and it seems some people think we
should be smart about such cases.  Per recent bug report.

src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c,v 1.277 2009/06/11 14:48:59 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c,v 1.278 2009/07/20 00:24:30 tgl Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static List *simplify_or_arguments(List *args,
 static List *simplify_and_arguments(List *args,
 					   eval_const_expressions_context *context,
 					   bool *haveNull, bool *forceFalse);
-static Expr *simplify_boolean_equality(List *args);
+static Expr *simplify_boolean_equality(Oid opno, List *args);
 static Expr *simplify_function(Oid funcid,
 				  Oid result_type, int32 result_typmod, List **args,
 				  bool allow_inline,
@@ -2186,12 +2186,14 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 			return (Node *) simple;
 
 		/*
-		 * If the operator is boolean equality, we know how to simplify cases
-		 * involving one constant and one non-constant argument.
+		 * If the operator is boolean equality or inequality, we know how to
+		 * simplify cases involving one constant and one non-constant
+		 * argument.
 		 */
-		if (expr->opno == BooleanEqualOperator)
+		if (expr->opno == BooleanEqualOperator ||
+			expr->opno == BooleanNotEqualOperator)
 		{
-			simple = simplify_boolean_equality(args);
+			simple = simplify_boolean_equality(expr->opno, args);
 			if (simple)			/* successfully simplified it */
 				return (Node *) simple;
 		}
@@ -3165,21 +3167,23 @@ simplify_and_arguments(List *args,
 
 /*
  * Subroutine for eval_const_expressions: try to simplify boolean equality
+ * or inequality condition
  *
- * Input is the list of simplified arguments to the operator.
+ * Inputs are the operator OID and the simplified arguments to the operator.
  * Returns a simplified expression if successful, or NULL if cannot
  * simplify the expression.
  *
- * The idea here is to reduce "x = true" to "x" and "x = false" to "NOT x".
+ * The idea here is to reduce "x = true" to "x" and "x = false" to "NOT x",
+ * or similarly "x <> true" to "NOT x" and "x <> false" to "x".
  * This is only marginally useful in itself, but doing it in constant folding
- * ensures that we will recognize the two forms as being equivalent in, for
+ * ensures that we will recognize these forms as being equivalent in, for
  * example, partial index matching.
  *
  * We come here only if simplify_function has failed; therefore we cannot
  * see two constant inputs, nor a constant-NULL input.
  */
 static Expr *
-simplify_boolean_equality(List *args)
+simplify_boolean_equality(Oid opno, List *args)
 {
 	Expr	   *leftop;
 	Expr	   *rightop;
@@ -3190,19 +3194,39 @@ simplify_boolean_equality(List *args)
 	if (leftop && IsA(leftop, Const))
 	{
 		Assert(!((Const *) leftop)->constisnull);
+		if (opno == BooleanEqualOperator)
+		{
 			if (DatumGetBool(((Const *) leftop)->constvalue))
 				return rightop;		/* true = foo */
 			else
 				return make_notclause(rightop);		/* false = foo */
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (DatumGetBool(((Const *) leftop)->constvalue))
+				return make_notclause(rightop);		/* true <> foo */
+			else
+				return rightop;		/* false <> foo */
+		}
+	}
 	if (rightop && IsA(rightop, Const))
 	{
 		Assert(!((Const *) rightop)->constisnull);
+		if (opno == BooleanEqualOperator)
+		{
 			if (DatumGetBool(((Const *) rightop)->constvalue))
 				return leftop;		/* foo = true */
 			else
 				return make_notclause(leftop);		/* foo = false */
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (DatumGetBool(((Const *) rightop)->constvalue))
+				return make_notclause(leftop);		/* foo <> true */
+			else
+				return leftop;		/* foo <> false */
+		}
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 

src/include/catalog/pg_operator.h

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_operator.h,v 1.166 2009/06/11 14:49:09 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_operator.h,v 1.167 2009/07/20 00:24:30 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  the genbki.sh script reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ DATA(insert OID =  82 ( ">="	   PGNSP PGUID b f f	23	20	16 420	37 int48ge scalar
 DATA(insert OID =  58 ( "<"		   PGNSP PGUID b f f	16	16	16	59	1695 boollt scalarltsel scalarltjoinsel ));
 DATA(insert OID =  59 ( ">"		   PGNSP PGUID b f f	16	16	16	58	1694 boolgt scalargtsel scalargtjoinsel ));
 DATA(insert OID =  85 ( "<>"	   PGNSP PGUID b f f	16	16	16	85	91 boolne neqsel neqjoinsel ));
+#define BooleanNotEqualOperator   85
 DATA(insert OID =  91 ( "="		   PGNSP PGUID b t t	16	16	16	91	85 booleq eqsel eqjoinsel ));
 #define BooleanEqualOperator   91
 DATA(insert OID = 1694 (  "<="	   PGNSP PGUID b f f	16	16	16 1695 59 boolle scalarltsel scalarltjoinsel ));