Re: New EXPLAIN option: ALL

On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 08:41:47AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2019-05-07 09:30:47 +0200, David Fetter wrote:
> > It can get a little tedious turning on (or off) all the boolean
> > options to EXPLAIN, so please find attached a shortcut.
>
> I'm not convinced this is a good idea - it seems likely that we'll
> add conflicting options at some point, and then this will just be a
> pain in the neck.

I already left out FORMAT for a similar reason, namely that it's not a
boolean, so it's not part of flipping on (or off) all the switches.

Are you seeing a point in the future where there'd be both mutually
exclusive boolean options and no principled reason to choose among
them? If so, what might it look like?

Best,
David.
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