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Tom Lane escribió:

> Currently the docs say that --enable-cassert
> 
>          Enables <firstterm>assertion</> checks in the server, which test for
>          many <quote>cannot happen</> conditions.  This is invaluable for
>          code development purposes, but the tests slow things down a little.
> 
> Maybe we ought to put that more strongly --- s/a little/significantly/,
> perhaps?

I don't think it will make any difference, because people don't read
configure documentation.  They read configure --help.

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