* Greg Stark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > The only real problem I see is that showing all the values as comments
> > encourages the idea that you can undo a change by undoing your edit.
> > The simple and obvious fix is to not show the values as comments ...
> 
> Well even if you don't show them (and it would be most frustrating for users
> if you don't) it's certainly expected that commenting something out returns it
> to the default value. It's how just about every other piece of software works.
> I can lend my own experience as one data point that I was totally surprised
> when I found out it didn't work the way I expected.

I was suprised too.  I havn't tested yet, but do even other things act
this way?  I'm thinking mainly of pg_hba.conf which I didn't think did,
but not sure.

        Stephen

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