Re: On disable_cost - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: On disable_cost
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Msg-id CA+TgmoY=txgSWsUbyHDOx_+MJGyoMy9Ht0cG_AZ1ZyPRw0rstQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: On disable_cost  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
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On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 11:28 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> On 2024-Oct-03, Robert Haas wrote:
> > One general thing to think about is that we really document very
> > little about EXPLAIN. That might not be good, but we should consider
> > whether it will look strange if we document a bunch of stuff about
> > this and still don't talk about anything else.
>
> I completely agree that we document very little about EXPLAIN.  However,
> I disagree that we should continue to do so.  I'd rather take the
> opportunity to _add_ more details that we currently omit, and make the
> documentation more complete.  A short blurb about Disabled Nodes such as
> the one Laurenz proposed seems an excellent way to start; we can add
> more later, as people propose them.  We don't have to stop here, and we
> don't have to stay at statu quo re. other points.

Sure, that all makes sense. I was just raising it as a point to consider.

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Robert Haas
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