I wrote:
> "David G. Johnston" <[email protected]> writes:
>> My first impression is that this is a bug.  Especially since the query
>> apparently executes in both left-join and right-join modes.

> Well, it's a longstanding deficiency anyway.
> ...
> Still, it is annoying.  I wonder if there's a way to do it without
> either a large amount of new code or exponential time spent
> trying useless subexpression matches...

I've posted a draft fix for that at

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/531183.1772058731%40sss.pgh.pa.us

                        regards, tom lane


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