/*"I frequently just override earlier parameters by adding an include at
the end of the file."*/
OK; that functionality is sensible enough for include files.
But what about a clobbering setting in the SAME conf file?
I don't think a warning in the log would be such a bad idea!
(this just after I myself having gotten bitten by a duplicate entry
spaced out over many lines...)
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