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Merge NOT with comparison predicates

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

The NOT predicate inverts its argument predicate. If the argument predicate is a comparison predicate, we can simply merge the two operators to invert the argument into the inverse comparison predicate.

Using Settings.transformPatternsNotComparison, the following transformations can be achieved:

-- With Settings.transformPatternsNotComparison active, this:
SELECT
  NOT (a = b),
  NOT (a != b),
  NOT (a > b),
  NOT (a >= b),
  NOT (a < b),
  NOT (a <= b)
FROM tab;

-- ... is transformed into the equivalent expression:
SELECT
  a != b, -- NOT (a = b)
  a = b,  -- NOT (a != b)
  a <= b, -- NOT (a > b)
  a < b,  -- NOT (a >= b)
  a >= b, -- NOT (a < b)
  a > b   -- NOT (a <= b)
FROM tab;

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