Regression in IN( field, field, field ) performance

       WHERE '12814474045' IN (people.home_phone, people.work_phone,  
people.mobile_phone)

Yeah, not exactly a common case, but at least in 8.1 this was turned  
into a set of ORs. Starting in 8.2 and in current HEAD, the planner  
turns that into:

Filter: ('12814474045'::text = ANY ((ARRAY[home_phone, mobile_phone,  
work_phone])::text[]))

Which means automatic seqscan. Would it be difficult to teach the  
planner to handle this case differently? I know it's probably not  
terribly common, but it is very useful.
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