Fix YA unwanted behavioral difference with operator_precedence_warning.

Jeff Janes noted that the error cursor position shown for some errors
would vary when operator_precedence_warning is turned on.  We'd prefer
that option to have no undocumented effects, so this isn't desirable.
To fix, make sure that an AEXPR_PAREN node has the same exprLocation
as its child node.

(Note: it would be a little cheaper to use @2 here instead of an
exprLocation call, but there are cases where that wouldn't produce
the identical answer, so don't do it like that.)

Back-patch to 9.5 where this feature was introduced.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMkU=1ykK+VhhcQ4Ky8KBo9FoaUJH3f3rDQB8TkTXi-ZsBRUkQ@mail.gmail.com

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 3f1620b574a..411dbe2a6d2 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -11958,7 +11958,10 @@ c_expr:		columnref								{ $$ = $1; }
 						 * AEXPR_PAREN nodes wrapping all explicitly
 						 * parenthesized subexpressions; this prevents bogus
 						 * warnings from being issued when the ordering has
-						 * been forced by parentheses.
+						 * been forced by parentheses.  Take care that an
+						 * AEXPR_PAREN node has the same exprLocation as its
+						 * child, so as not to cause surprising changes in
+						 * error cursor positioning.
 						 *
 						 * In principle we should not be relying on a GUC to
 						 * decide whether to insert AEXPR_PAREN nodes.
@@ -11967,7 +11970,8 @@ c_expr:		columnref								{ $$ = $1; }
 						 * we'd just as soon not waste cycles on dummy parse
 						 * nodes if we don't have to.
 						 */
-						$$ = (Node *) makeA_Expr(AEXPR_PAREN, NIL, $2, NULL, @1);
+						$$ = (Node *) makeA_Expr(AEXPR_PAREN, NIL, $2, NULL,
+												 exprLocation($2));
 					}
 					else
 						$$ = $2;