unexplainable – select * from depesz;

Display Memoize planner estimates in EXPLAIN
 
There've been a few complaints that it can be overly difficult to figure
out why the planner picked a Memoize plan.  To help address that, here we
adjust the EXPLAIN output to display the following additional details:
 
1) The estimated number of cache entries that can be stored at once
2) The estimated number of unique lookup keys that we expect to see
3) The number of lookups we expect
4) The estimated hit ratio
 
Technically #4 can be calculated using #1, #2 and #3, but it's not a
particularly obvious calculation, so we opt to display it explicitly.
The original patch by Lukas Fittl only displayed the hit ratio, but
there was a fear that might lead to more questions about how that was
calculated.  The idea with displaying all 4 is to be transparent which
may allow queries to be tuned more easily.  For example, if #2 isn't
correct then maybe extended statistics or a manual n_distinct estimate can
be used to help fix poor plan choices.
 
Author: Ilia Evdokimov <ilya.evdokimov@tantorlabs.com>
Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com>
Reviewed-by: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAP53Pky29GWAVVk3oBgKBDqhND0BRBN6yTPeguV_qSivFL5N_g%40mail.gmail.com

                                                        QUERY PLAN
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 Sort  (cost=146.63..148.65 rows=808 width=138) (actual time=55.009..55.012 rows=71 loops=1)
   Sort Key: n.nspname, p.proname, (pg_get_function_arguments(p.oid))
   Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 43kB
   ->  Hash Join  (cost=1.14..107.61 rows=808 width=138) (actual time=42.495..54.854 rows=71 loops=1)
         Hash Cond: (p.pronamespace = n.oid)
         ->  Seq Scan on pg_proc p  (cost=0.00..89.30 rows=808 width=78) (actual time=0.052..53.465 rows=2402 loops=1)
               Filter: pg_function_is_visible(oid)
         ->  Hash  (cost=1.09..1.09 rows=4 width=68) (actual time=0.011..0.011 rows=4 loops=1)
               Buckets: 1024  Batches: 1  Memory Usage: 1kB
               ->  Seq Scan on pg_namespace n  (cost=0.00..1.09 rows=4 width=68) (actual time=0.005..0.007 rows=4 loops=1)
                     Filter: ((nspname <> 'pg_catalog'::name) AND (nspname <> 'information_schema'::name))