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[Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2010-08-10 16:04, Robert Collins wrote:

> I (hopefully) helped registry fix a timeout - DistroSeries.packagings
> was doing listification, and that meant that a trivial len() in
> browser code turned into a very slow operation. This isn't a golden
> rule of course - sometimes lists *are* better, but in this case I'm
> pretty sure that DecoratedResultSet (which is mind bendingly easy to
> use) will help.

I requested a Storm feature to help us guard against accidental 
listifications:

http://pad.lv/608679


> I helped wgrant out with some explain analyzes - it seems to me it
> might be nice - handwaving - to permit explain-analyze calls by any
> developer, but perhaps thats just insanity at this hour of the night
> kicking in:)

Not "explain analyze," please!  But "explain," yes please.  See also:

http://pad.lv/604509


Jeroen