> The argument for treating work_mem specially is that it has effects at > both plan time and run time, so that the planner's cost assumptions > are invalidated if the executor uses a different value than the > planner did.
I see that now. Thanks! > Maybe that refactoring is one that would conveniently apply to > other GUCs, or maybe it isn't. I'm content to await details > before arguing about what we "should" do. Agree. -- Sami