Fix doc about pg_get_multixact_stats()

Yingying Chen <cyy9255@gmail.com>

From: Yingying Chen <cyy9255@gmail.com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-06-25T11:49:58Z
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Hi Hacker,

I found a small documentation issue in func-info.smgl:

   <para>
    The internal transaction ID type <type>xid</type> is 32 bits wide and
    wraps around every 4 billion transactions.  However,
    the functions shown in <xref linkend="functions-pg-snapshot"/>, except
    <function>age</function>, <function>mxid_age</function>, and
    <function>pg_get_multixact_members</function>, use a
    64-bit type <type>xid8</type> that does not wrap around during the life
    of an installation and can be converted to <type>xid</type> by casting
if
    required;  see <xref linkend="transaction-id"/> for details.

Since pg_get_multixact_stats() was added in PG19, it should be added to
this exception list.

Regards,
Yingying Chen

Commits

  1. doc: Improve description of pg_get_multixact_stats()