Re: making EXPLAIN extensible

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Sami Imseih <samimseih(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: making EXPLAIN extensible
Date: 2025-03-27 11:29:51
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoa5Dny+FWv6_fa4oaedyVCk4VYR9by6QfMaXDgDenVqsA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > - -> Index Scan using daucus_id_idx on daucus v2_2 (actual
> > rows=0.12 loops=8)
> > + -> Index Scan using daucus_id_idx on daucus v2_2 (actual
> > rows=0.13 loops=8)
>
> Even if this had not failed in the buildfarm, it would certainly
> have caused problems for somebody. We have a very strong rule
> that you *do not* make regression test results dependent on exact
> computed cost or rowcount values, because those are inherently
> platform-dependent. I do not understand how you thought that
> pg_overexplain might be exempt from that problem.

Is this rule written down someplace?

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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