Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Nowadays there are a number of methods for composing multiple
> postgresql.conf files for modularity. But if you have a bunch of things
> you want to load via shared_preload_libraries, you have to put them all
> in one setting. How about some kind of syntax for appending something
> to a list, like
> shared_preload_libraries += 'pg_stat_statements'

Seems potentially useful, but you'd need to figure out how to represent
this in the pg_settings and pg_file_settings views, which currently
suppose that any given GUC's value is determined by exactly one place in
the config file(s).

regards, tom lane