Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 10:27:08PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> > I, um, again think that the item should not be primarily about JSONB,
> > but about our (IMO groundbreaking) extensible subscripting work.
>
> +1. Extensible subscripting is THE feature here, using it for jsonb
> is just an application.

OK, I moved the entry into 'data types', and listed two entries instead
of one:

<listitem>
<!--
Author: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2020-12-09 [c7aba7c14] Support subscripting of arbitrary types, not only arrays
-->

<para>
Allow extensions and built-in data types to implement subscripting (Tom Lane)
</para>

<para>
Previously subscript handling was hard-coded into the server and
was difficult to add to date types.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<!--
Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2021-01-31 [676887a3b] Implementation of subscripting for jsonb
Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2021-01-31 [81fcc72e6] Filling array gaps during jsonb subscripting
Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2021-01-31 [aa6e46daf] Throw error when assigning jsonb scalar instead of a com
-->

<para>
Allow subscripting of JSONB (Dmitry Dolgov)
</para>

<para>
JSONB subscripting can be used to extract from and assign to
JSONB documents.
</para>
</listitem>

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