Re: plan shape work

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alexandra Wang <alexandra(dot)wang(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, "bruce(at)momjian(dot)us" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com
Subject: Re: plan shape work
Date: 2025-09-15 21:15:44
Message-ID: 666191.1757970944@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Well, I was just bringing it up because you seemed to think that the
> Replaces: line was not necessarily where we would have put it in a
> green field. I am not sure about where we would have put it, but I
> think in a green field we wouldn't have it at all, and I actually
> think the above is worth considering. I think people would get used to
> it pretty fast and that it might be more clear than "Result", which
> doesn't really mean a whole lot. However, if you or others don't like
> that and you want to just move the Replaces line slightly higher in
> the output, I mean, I don't mind that, I just don't know that it's
> really a material difference.

Yeah, I'm content with making it a "Replaces" attribute, I'm just
complaining about the ordering. I'd be the first to agree that
this is purely cosmetic, but in my mind there is a pretty clear
precedence ordering among the attributes that EXPLAIN prints.

regards, tom lane

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