docs: add PostgreSQL 18 AST upgrade analysis #279
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Summary
Adds a comprehensive analysis document (
upgrade-18.md) examining the AST changes between PostgreSQL 17 and PostgreSQL 18 based on the libpg_query 17-latest to 18-latest-dev comparison.Key findings:
Review & Testing Checklist for Human
Notes
This is documentation-only, no code changes. The analysis is intended to help plan the PG18 upgrade work for the parser, deparser, and transformer packages.
Link to Devin run: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/dc6c32ec1699424a99860dc9621b91c1
Requested by: Dan Lynch (@pyramation)