Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, TODO updated:
> o %Allow commenting of variables in postgresql.conf to restore them
> to defaults
> Currently, if a variable is commented out, it keeps the
> previous uncommented value until a server restarted.
> Logically, a reload should set the same values as a
> server restart.
That all sounds nice, but unless you intend to fix all the constraints
that force some values to be set-only-at-postmaster-start, it's never
going to be possible to promise that a reload has the same effect as
restarting the server. We could do this for values that are not
PGC_POSTMASTER, but the argument given above for doing it is bogus.
regards, tom lane
