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make installcheck-world: tested, passed
Implements feature: tested, passed
Spec compliant: tested, passed
Documentation: tested, passed
Personally, I don't often encounter the problem that Alexander is describing, but I agree that there are cases when the
simplestway to debug a tricky bug is to make a modification to the core. In fact, I used this technique to diagnose
[1].
Unless anyone can think of the scenario when the proposed change will break something, I would suggest merging it.
[1]: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=98ec35b0
The new status of this patch is: Ready for Committer