Re: plan shape work

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Well, I was just bringing it up because you seemed to think that the
> Replaces: line was not necessarily where we would have put it in a
> green field. I am not sure about where we would have put it, but I
> think in a green field we wouldn't have it at all, and I actually
> think the above is worth considering. I think people would get used to
> it pretty fast and that it might be more clear than "Result", which
> doesn't really mean a whole lot. However, if you or others don't like
> that and you want to just move the Replaces line slightly higher in
> the output, I mean, I don't mind that, I just don't know that it's
> really a material difference.

Yeah, I'm content with making it a "Replaces" attribute, I'm just
complaining about the ordering.  I'd be the first to agree that
this is purely cosmetic, but in my mind there is a pretty clear
precedence ordering among the attributes that EXPLAIN prints.

            regards, tom lane