Re: [PATCH] Make skipped sort explicit in EXPLAIN ANALYZE - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCH] Make skipped sort explicit in EXPLAIN ANALYZE
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Msg-id 19766.1337953758@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to [PATCH] Make skipped sort explicit in EXPLAIN ANALYZE  (Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Make skipped sort explicit in EXPLAIN ANALYZE
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Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org> writes:
> This is just a small clarity improvement. tuplesort_performsort()
> skips sorting entirely when the result set has 0 or 1 tuples, but
> EXPLAIN still says it's using "quicksort". The patch changes that to
> "skipped"

I'm not convinced this is an improvement; it's just one more value
to confuse people with.  And any implementation of quicksort is likely
to have a fast exit path for 0 or 1 item, so I don't think the existing
display is incorrect either.
        regards, tom lane


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