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From: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:53:16 -0400 (EDT)
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> FWIW smb.conf uses ; for one purpose and # for the other.

They're actually combining the way UNIX files use # with how Windows INI 
files use ; in a config file context, which I personally find a little 
weird.

I was already considering keeping user comments as # while making all 
system-inserted ones #! ; many people are already used to #! having a 
special system-related meaning from its use in UNIX shell scripting which 
makes it easier to remember.

I think the next step to this whole plan is to generate a next-gen 
postgresql.conf mock-up showing what each of the outputs from the 
pg_generate_conf tool might look like to get feedback on that; it will 
make what is planned here a bit easier to understand as well.

--
* Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD



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