I do not have an explanation from the patch yet, but I have a test that appears to show unexpected results. I only tested a few datatypes, but from what I observe, some merge as expected and others do not; i.e. int columns merge correctly but bigint do not.
""" show pg_stat_statements.query_id_const_merge ; create table foo (col_int int, col_smallint smallint, col_bigint bigint, col_float float, col_text text, col_varchar varchar); select from foo where col_int in (1, 2, 3); select from foo where col_int in (1, 2, 3, 4); select from foo where col_int in (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); select from foo where col_smallint in (1, 2, 3); select from foo where col_smallint in (1, 2, 3, 4); select from foo where col_bigint in (1, 2, 3); select from foo where col_bigint in (1, 2, 3, 4); select from foo where col_bigint in (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); select from foo where col_float in (1, 2, 3); select from foo where col_float in (1, 2, 3, 4); select query, queryid, calls from pg_stat_statements where query like 'select from foo where%' order by 1 desc ; """ postgres=# show pg_stat_statements.query_id_const_merge ; pg_stat_statements.query_id_const_merge ----------------------------------------- on (1 row) .... ....... .......... postgres=# select query, queryid, calls from pg_stat_statements where query like 'select from foo where%' order by 1 desc ; query | queryid | calls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+------- select from foo where col_smallint in (...) | -2065640271713949220 | 2 select from foo where col_int in (...) | 2911888824129257715 | 3 select from foo where col_float in ($1, $2, $3, $4) | -6847088148705359339 | 1 select from foo where col_float in ($1, $2, $3) | 1631437678183488606 | 1 select from foo where col_bigint in ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10) | 3174053975478689499 | 1 select from foo where col_bigint in ($1, $2, $3, $4) | -5236067031911646410 | 1 select from foo where col_bigint in ($1, $2, $3) | -5529594240898645457 | 1 (7 rows) --- Sami