Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> Right. My complaint though, is that the docs imply that the info on
> how those values get set is in the docs somewhere, which appears to be
> incorrect.
The libpq documentation does cover the fact that libpq uses those
variables to establish initial settings. I wouldn't expect it to
go into implementation details, would you?
regards, tom lane