Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I don't really understand this. What usage habits do we need to
> change?
The assumption that it's okay to document what you've done with
something like
# work_mem = '1GB'
# changed to give saner behavior 10/25/08
work_mem = '10MB'
> The problem is that people expect that the setting for some
> GUC is going to be near the comment block that describes that GUC.
Or more generally, that the comments they've put next to a setting
are going to stay next to it. Once again: this isn't about the
instructions.
regards, tom lane