window function count(*) and limit

Hi.

I have been puzzled about the evaluation order when using window
functions and limit.

jk=# select * from testtable;
  id | value
----+-------
   1 |     1
   2 |     2
   3 |     3
   4 |     4
   5 |     5
   6 |     6
   7 |     7
   8 |     8
   9 |     9
  10 |    10
(10 rows)

jk=# select id,count(*) over () from testtable where id < 9 limit 3;
  id | count
----+-------
   1 |     8
   2 |     8
   3 |     8
(3 rows)


So the first element "id" is definately picked after the "limit 3", whereas
the window function is applied before. I have been digging in the
documentation but I didnt find this case specified out.

This behaviour may be correct, but it hugely surprises me...
I expected it to either count to 3 or blow up and tell me that count(*)
wasn't a window function.

It looks like something about the type of the function where
count(*) is a "agg" and row_number() is a "window". But shouldn't
count(*) exist as a type "window" and behave accordingly?

Same goes on for min() max() and other standard aggregates.

.. postgresql 8.4.4 (but couldn't find anyting mentioned in 8.4.5/9.0 
release notes about this).

Jesper

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Jesper