> On 14 Mar 2025, at 15:04, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> Why would we want FATAL here? Wouldn't it be better to return false like how
>> other check_ functions already do?
>
> Indeed. Also, a quick survey shows a lot of inconsistency in
> guc_malloc callers --- some are lazy and just use ERROR rather
> than LOG-and-return. That's probably all right for PGC_POSTMASTER
> variables (since there's no chance of continuing anyway) but
> perhaps it's worth improving elsewhere.
I'll take a look at all the other callers when preparing a patch for this to
see if there are more cases which need updating.
--
Daniel Gustafsson
