On 2020-10-13 00:43, David G. Johnston wrote:
> Over in Bug# 16652 [1] Christoph failed to recognize the fact that
> signal sending functions are inherently one-way just as signals are. It
> seems worth heading off this situation in the future by making it clear
> how signals behave and, in the specific case of pg_reload_conf, that the
> important feedback one would hope to get out of a success/failure
> response from the function call must instead be found in other locations.
I agree that the documentation could be improved here. But I don't see
how the added advice actually helps in practice. How can you detect
reload errors by inspecting pg_settings etc.?
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