On 2016-12-28 10:29:48 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> How about just saying that the existing TIMING option turns this on,
> if it's specified without ANALYZE? Right now that combination draws
> an error:
>
> regression=# explain (timing on) select 1;
> ERROR: EXPLAIN option TIMING requires ANALYZE
>
> so there's no existing usage that this would break.
I don't like this much - I'd like (as previously stated in [1]) to be
able to have an actual EXPLAIN ANALYZE (COSTS off, TIMING OFF) in tests
because that shows the number of loops, rechecks, etc.
Andres
[1] http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/20140603180548.GU24145%40awork2.anarazel.de