Re: Default gucs for EXPLAIN

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Default gucs for EXPLAIN
Date: 2020-05-26 01:36:50
Message-ID: 20200526013650.GD14122@momjian.us
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On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 06:16:25PM +0000, Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote:
> This is a very good improvement! Using information about buffers is my favorite
> way to optimize queries.
>
> Not having BUFFERS enabled by default means that in most cases, when asking for
> help, people send execution plans without buffers info.
>
> And it's simply in on event to type "(ANALYZE, BUFFERS)" all the time.
>
> So I strongly support this change, thank you, Vik.

I am not excited about this new feature. Why do it only for EXPLAIN?
That is a log of GUCs. I can see this becoming a feature creep
disaster.

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