Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> I'm assuming that the original author of the GEQO code already did
> that testing ...
Removing the code without bothering to verify this assumption is a
little unwise, IMHO: given the low quality of the rest of the GEQO
code, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the present default is not
optimal in some or all circumstances.
-Neil
