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From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:30:10 +0900
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs: clarify default values of EXPLAIN BUFFERS and
 SERIALIZE
To: "Ryo Matsumura (Fujitsu)" <matsumura.ryo@fujitsu.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 6:37=E2=80=AFPM Ryo Matsumura (Fujitsu)
<matsumura.ryo@fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 14:38 UTC, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> >        When ANALYZE is used, this parameter defaults to TRUE and buffer=
 usage
> >        information is included. Otherwise, it defaults to FALSE.
>
> Thanks for the comment. I hadn=E2=80=99t understood the implementation co=
rrectly.
> It might also be worth clarifying that even when the BUFFERS(and WAL) is =
set to TRUE,
> values are shown only when there is something to report as follows:

Isn't the existing description "In text format, only non-zero values
are printed." sufficient?

Regards,

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Fujii Masao