Re: Extensions and custom_variable_classes (was: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes))

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Extensions and custom_variable_classes (was: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes))
Date: 2010-12-19 17:55:38
Message-ID: AANLkTimwEQwVdDYSDvzUmiaiCsK=_9c8PP1Q-jzxp+XU@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I agree with Robert that that is an utterly horrid, broken concept.

That's a little stronger than what I said, though the same general idea.

> Just to point out one concrete problem: the postmaster reads
> postgresql.conf too, so it would have to do this as well in order to
> parse postgresql.conf correctly.

This is an even more serious problem than what I was pointing out.

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Robert Haas
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