Re: Extensions and custom_variable_classes (was: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes)) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Extensions and custom_variable_classes (was: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes))
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Msg-id AANLkTimwEQwVdDYSDvzUmiaiCsK=_9c8PP1Q-jzxp+XU@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Extensions and custom_variable_classes (was: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes))  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I agree with Robert that that is an utterly horrid, broken concept.

That's a little stronger than what I said, though the same general idea.

> Just to point out one concrete problem: the postmaster reads
> postgresql.conf too, so it would have to do this as well in order to
> parse postgresql.conf correctly.

This is an even more serious problem than what I was pointing out.

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Robert Haas
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