Re: 9.5 Create Function Set From Current taken at creation time?

"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> Can we change the second sentence in the above quote to something like:​

> SET FROM CURRENT is a convenience expression to capture the result of
> current_setting('setting name') at the time of the function's creation. [if
> more than just convenience an example of when this is useful would be nice].

"Convenience" normally means that there's some other way to get the same
result.  I do not know of one, and I doubt we'd have introduced the
feature if there was.

            regards, tom lane