Re: Some belated patch review for "Buffers" explain analyze patch

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> A more important point is that it would be a nontrivial change, both as
>> to code and documentation, and it's too late for such in 9.0. �So what
>> we ought to be confining the discussion to right now is what 9.0 should
>> print here.

> It's exactly as nontrivial as the proposed change in the other direction.

Not in the least.  Fixing EXPLAIN to consistently print totals would
involve changes in (at least) the treatment of estimated costs, and very
possibly some changes in the Instrumentation support as well.  I notice
you blithely disregarded the documentation point, too.
        regards, tom lane