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> I don't want to insult anybody but the whole thing does look strange.
> Maybe we can agree to remove that ridiculous "we don't want hints" note
> from Postgresql wiki? That would make it look less like , hmph,
> philosophical issue and more "not yet implemented" issue, especially if
> we have in mind that hints are already here, in the form of
> "enable_<method>" switches.

Link? There's a lot of stuff on the wiki.


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