David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 24 August 2015 at 12:19, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I am not exactly convinced that this behavior needs to be visible in
>> EXPLAIN output at all, but if it does, it should be a separate field.
> I have to admit I don't much like it either, originally I had this as an
> extra property that was only seen in EXPLAIN VERBOSE.
Seems like a reasonable design from here. (Note that for non-text output,
I'd say the field should come out unconditionally. We only care about
abbreviating in text mode.)
regards, tom lane