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Doc: explain how to test ADMIN privilege with pg_has_role().

This has always been possible, but the syntax is a bit obscure,and our user-facing docs were not very helpful. Spell it outmore clearly.Per complaint from Dominique Devienne. Back-patch toall supported branches.Discussion:https://postgr.es/m/CAFCRh-8JNEy+dV4SXFOrWca50u+d=--TO4cq=+ac1oBtfJy4AA@mail.gmail.com

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`@@ -23606,6 +23606,10 @@ SELECT has_function_privilege('joeuser', 'myfunc(int, text)', 'execute');`
`23606`	`23606`	`are immediately available without doing <command>SET ROLE</command>,`
`23607`	`23607`	`while <literal>SET</literal> denotes whether it is possible to change`
`23608`	`23608`	`to the role using the <literal>SET ROLE</literal> command.`
	`23609`	`+ <literal>WITH ADMIN OPTION</literal> or <literal>WITH GRANT`
	`23610`	`+ OPTION</literal> can be added to any of these privilege types to`
	`23611`	`+ test whether the <literal>ADMIN</literal> privilege is held (all`
	`23612`	`+ six spellings test the same thing).`
`23609`	`23613`	`This function does not allow the special case of`
`23610`	`23614`	`setting <parameter>user</parameter> to <literal>public</literal>,`
`23611`	`23615`	`because the PUBLIC pseudo-role can never be a member of real roles.`

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