is_strict and is_fallible docs improvement - #9122
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| /// A strict function returns null for a row when any argument is null for that row. This | ||
| /// matches PostgreSQL's `STRICT` convention for null propagation. |
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best I can find is https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createfunction.html and that description is honestly not great.
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| /// Returning `false` permits speculative evaluation. Dictionary push-down evaluates every | ||
| /// dictionary value, including values that no input row references. A fallible function could | ||
| /// therefore error on a value that normal evaluation (without pushdown) would never reach. |
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Isn't this kind of how speculative execution works? We can apply the operation beforehand without knowing if it is used or not
Signed-off-by: Connor Tsui <connor.tsui20@gmail.com>
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Docs improvement to have better clarity and less verbosity