Re: set_config() documentation clarification

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: set_config() documentation clarification
Date: 2021-01-05 17:51:08
Message-ID: 20210105175108.GK7432@momjian.us
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On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 09:46:32AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 8:26 AM Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org> wrote:
>
> In the documentation at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/
> functions-admin.html
> this behaviour is not mentioned anywhere as far as I can see:
>
>
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-custom.html
>
> I do think "Customized Options" is an accurate description.  One needs to
> consider their usage of such variables as "modular" even though there is no
> library code involved.  i.e., the description is possibly overly specific but
> the variables created in this manner are simply namespaced but otherwise usable
> in any manner you deem fit.

I think I tried to make this feature more visible a few years ago and
some people said we might remove it someday, so don't do that. If that
is false, I think we can make it more prominent.

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