On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 12:31 +0000, Thom Brown wrote: > 2009/10/29 Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net>:
> > Why not allow something like += or .= instead of the = to denote appending > > to a list? > > > > custom_variable_classes += 'x' > > > > seems a whole lot nicer to me. > > > > I would see that as making the config more programatic so while that > might not look too weird to a developer, it could be confusing for a > DBA or system administrator. I don't think that's how config files > should work, and it also adds gotchas like the following. > The DBAs I know would think we were absolutely off our rocker for such a thing. At least it would make great humor at presentations. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering If the world pushes look it in the eye and GRR. Then push back harder. - Salamander -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
