On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:03:28PM -0700, Ron Mayer wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>>...when you comment something out, it should restore > >>...the contrary position is that a comment is a comment... > >...If I comment out a parameter I expect... > > > The most unambiguous behavior would be to not have > commented out values in the config file at all. > > If someone wants to change a value and keep a reminder of > what the old value was, he's welcome to comment out the > original line himself. (assuming that was the thinking > behind commenting them out in the first place)
That only makes sense if you also remove the concept of default values; something I don't think we want to do. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
