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diff --git a/src/wherecode.c b/src/wherecode.c
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--- a/src/wherecode.c
+++ b/src/wherecode.c
@@ -2474,6 +2474,12 @@ Bitmask sqlite3WhereCodeOneLoopStart(
** iLoop==3: Code all remaining expressions.
**
** An effort is made to skip unnecessary iterations of the loop.
+ **
+ ** This optimization of causing simple query restrictions to occur before
+ ** more complex one is call the "push-down" optimization in MySQL. Here
+ ** in SQLite, the name is "MySQL push-down", since there is also another
+ ** totally unrelated optimization called "WHERE-clause push-down".
+ ** Sometimes the qualifier is omitted, resulting in an ambiguity, so beware.
*/
iLoop = (pIdx ? 1 : 2);
do{