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Add example for CIR-2017-172
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References opencypher#172
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Assuming a function `acyclic()` that takes a path as argument and returns `true` if and only if the same node does not appear twice in the path, otherwise `false`, we may express:

.Constraint example from CIR-2017-172
[source, cypher]
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CREATE CONSTRAINT enforce_dag_acyclic_for_R_links
FOR p = ()-[:R*]-()
REQUIRE acyclic(p)
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=== Interaction with existing features

The main interaction between the constraints and the rest of the language occurs during updating statements.
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