Re: Parsing config files in a directory

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I just don't buy it. With the instructions in the file, a program
> that rewrites the file will fail miserably on every installation out
> there (or will be full of logic that tries, futilely, to parse the
> comments). With the instructions out of the file, a program that
> rewrites the file will work just fine on all installations except
> those that have chosen to do the thing you describe above. And we can
> tell people "don't do that any more, because it'll mess up the
> automated tools".

No, you *think* you might be able to tell people that. It is not
going to fly. It is especially not going to fly when the automated
tools are still just pie-in-the-sky rather than real live commonly
used tools.

Please re-read what Greg had to say.

regards, tom lane