Bug or feature?

pgSQL 7.2.1, table with ~590000 rows with next stuct:

user_id integer
url text
.................... -- other fields

i do VACUUM ANALYZE, and then have this results:

1) ----------
proxy=> EXPLAIN SELECT count(user_id) AS cnt, user_id FROM stats GROUP
BY user_id ORDER BY cnt DESC;
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:

Sort (cost=94399.52..94399.52 rows=58842 width=4)
-> Aggregate (cost=86383.49..89325.61 rows=58842 width=4)
-> Group (cost=86383.49..87854.55 rows=588425 width=4)
-> Sort (cost=86383.49..86383.49 rows=588425 width=4)
-> Seq Scan on stats (cost=0.00..13873.25
rows=588425 width=4)

2) ----------
proxy=> EXPLAIN SELECT count(url) AS cnt, user_id FROM stats GROUP BY
user_id ORDER BY cnt DESC;
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:

Sort (cost=155022.05..155022.05 rows=58842 width=51)
-> Aggregate (cost=146163.49..149105.61 rows=58842 width=51)
-> Group (cost=146163.49..147634.55 rows=588425 width=51)
-> Sort (cost=146163.49..146163.49 rows=588425 width=51)
-> Seq Scan on stats (cost=0.00..13873.25
rows=588425 width=51)

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cost grow by 1.5 times!
yes, i understand - this because url column have big width...
but in count(url) width of column not important! - but used?...
or it's bug of optimizer? or it's not implemented in optimizer?

Thx.

ps : sorry for my bad english :)

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