Re: Improving display of octal GUCs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rui Zhao <zhaorui126(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>, Tatsuya Kawata <kawatatatsuya0913(at)gmail(dot)com>, fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers mailing list <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Jobin Augustine <jobinau(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Improving display of octal GUCs
Date: 2026-09-06 15:48:12
Message-ID: 99582.1788709692@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Rui Zhao <zhaorui126(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> What do you think of Rui's suggestion for a HINT if we're throwing
>> out-of-range for an octal GUC? I think it's a little more complicated
>> than he paints it, because the syntax rules are different in
>> postgresql.conf than in SQL, but we could make it happen if we thought
>> it was worth the trouble.

> Having looked at what the hint would actually have to say, I'd drop it.

Yeah, I suspected it'd be too complicated to be useful. Sounds like
we're all on the same page, so I'll get this pushed soon.

regards, tom lane

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