Re: pgsql: Add documention on ARRAY() function.

Tom Lane wrote:
> momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> > Add documention on ARRAY() function.
>
> This description doesn't have anything whatever to do with reality.
> ARRAY() does not take anyarray, it does not return a setof, and it's
> not very much like a table function.  Other than the point about \df
> I'm having a hard time finding any true statement in the note.

Patch backed out.  The submitter can adjust and resubmit if they desire.

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        </tbody>
       </tgroup>
      </table>
+   <note>
+   <para>
+     Although it is not strictly a function and does not appear in \df
+     in psql, <command>ARRAY()</command>, mentioned in <xref
+     linkend="sql-syntax-array-constructors"> acts much like a
+     <literal>table function</literal> (equivalently, a
+     <literal>set-returning function</literal> or a
+     <acronym>SRF</acronym>--see <xref linkend="queries-tablefunctions">)
+     which takes <type>anyarray</type> and returns a set of
+     <type>anyelement</type>.
+   </para>
+   </note>
    </sect1>

   <sect1 id="functions-aggregate">