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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com>
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Subject: Re: Reduce timing overhead of EXPLAIN ANALYZE using rdtsc?
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Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> writes:
> I think either is fine. If we did it with a message, how about this at
> the beginning of the output function?

> if (loop_count =3D=3D 0)
> {
>   printf(_("WARNING: No timing measurements collected. Report this as a =
bug to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
>   return;
> }

WFM.

			regards, tom lane