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doc: clarify recursion internal behavior
Reported-by: Drew DeVault Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20211018091720.31299-1-sir@cmpwn.com Backpatch-through: 10
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<note>
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<para>
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Strictly speaking, this process is iteration not recursion, but
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<literal>RECURSIVE</literal> is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards
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committee.
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While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified
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recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively.
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</note>
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