Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I tend to agree. Another idea here might be to stick with Tom's
> original idea of making it a connection parameter, but have it be
> turned off by default. In other words, if an application wants to
> allow those parameters to be used, it would need to do
> PQenableStartServer() first. If it doesn't, those connection
> parameters will be rejected.
Hm, that might work.
regards, tom lane