This is the first in what is anticipated to be a long sequence of incremental

This is the first in what is anticipated to be a long sequence of incremental
changes aimed at improving aggregate query processing, and in particular
helping aggregate queries take better advantage of indexes on expression.
The end goal is to resolve ticket [99378177930f87bd], though it remains to
be seen whether or not I can get there with this approach.

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