| From: | Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Overhauling GUCS |
| Date: | 2008-06-06 00:53:16 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.64.0806052029290.9064@westnet.com |
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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.
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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
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