This has always been possible, but the syntax is a bit obscure,
and our user-facing docs were not very helpful. Spell it out
more clearly.
Per complaint from Dominique Devienne. Back-patch to
all supported branches.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFCRh-8JNEy+dV4SXFOrWca50u+d=--TO4cq=+ac1oBtfJy4AA@mail.gmail.com
are immediately available without doing <command>SET ROLE</command>,
while <literal>SET</literal> denotes whether it is possible to change
to the role using the <literal>SET ROLE</literal> command.
+ <literal>WITH ADMIN OPTION</literal> or <literal>WITH GRANT
+ OPTION</literal> can be added to any of these privilege types to
+ test whether the <literal>ADMIN</literal> privilege is held (all
+ six spellings test the same thing).
This function does not allow the special case of
setting <parameter>user</parameter> to <literal>public</literal>,
because the PUBLIC pseudo-role can never be a member of real roles.