Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> writes:
> Arguably 1-3 are inaccurate since they're not really about a backend dying... they occur during the startup phase; you never even get a functioning backend. That's a marked difference from other uses of FATAL.
How so? "FATAL" means "an error that terminates your session", which
is exactly what these are.
regards, tom lane