Re: machine-readable explain output v4

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> Good. I had a look at this for a little while yesterday. I built it, did an
> install, loaded auto_explain and then ran the regression tests. I didn't
> like the output much. It looks like the XML has been dumbed down to fit a
> data model that works for JSON as well, particularly in the lack of use of
> attributes. An XML processor won't care that much, but humans will certainly
> find it more tiresome to read. In effect we are swapping horizontal
> expansion for vertical expansion. It would be nicer to be able to fit a plan
> into a screen.

Isn't that what text format is for?

Not that the XML format is perfect; I haven't heard one person say
that they like anything about it except that it is already
implemented.

...Robert