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Operator precedence is inconsistent with modern PG (and PG 7.2) #22461

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@neilconway

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DataFusion's current operator precedence is (high to low):

- 45: * / %
- 40: + -
- 30: IS DISTINCT FROM, IS NOT DISTINCT FROM, regex (~, !~, ~*, !~*), bitwise, ||, …
- 25: LIKE / NOT LIKE / ILIKE / NOT ILIKE
- 20: < >
- 15: = != <= >=
- 10: AND
- 5: OR

Modern Postgres implements:

- * / %
- + -
- (any other operator: ||, regex, bitwise)
- BETWEEN IN LIKE ILIKE SIMILAR (non-assoc)
- < > = <= >= <> (non-assoc, all six together)
- IS ISNULL NOTNULL (incl. IS DISTINCT FROM)
- NOT, AND, OR

We claim to match Postgres 7.2, which does:

- IS, ISNULL, NOTNULL (rank 6 — high)
- (any other operator — ||, regex, bitwise, and <=, >=, <> since they aren't listed) (rank 7)
- LIKE ILIKE (rank 11)
- < > (rank 12)
- = (rank 13)

So we're consistent with neither version of Postgres. I'd argue we should move to be consistent with modern Postgres.

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