| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: TODO questions |
| Date: | 2005-08-25 05:03:46 |
| Message-ID: | 20050825050346.GE77205@pervasive.com |
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:03:28PM -0700, Ron Mayer wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>...when you comment something out, it should restore
> >>...the contrary position is that a comment is a comment...
> >...If I comment out a parameter I expect...
>
>
> The most unambiguous behavior would be to not have
> commented out values in the config file at all.
>
> If someone wants to change a value and keep a reminder of
> what the old value was, he's welcome to comment out the
> original line himself. (assuming that was the thinking
> behind commenting them out in the first place)
That only makes sense if you also remove the concept of default values;
something I don't think we want to do.
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com
Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com 512-569-9461
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