Re: units in postgresql.conf comments - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: units in postgresql.conf comments
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Msg-id 51A70719.2020203@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: units in postgresql.conf comments  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On 05/30/2013 12:55 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:

>> I like this idea with one addition. We should have a default unit for each.
>> For wal_sender_timeout seconds makes sense, but for checkpoint_timeout
>> minutes makes sense (for example).
>
> This sounds like a good way to make things even more confusing. Right
> now the confusion is only in the comments - this would make it
> confusing in the actual values.
>
> Requiring a unit seems like a much better idea. That way, there is no
> way for confusion.

I can buy into that.

JD


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