Re: list append syntax for postgresql.conf

On 2019-02-21 18:18, Robert Haas wrote:
> Another off-ball idea is to maybe allow something like
> shared_preload_statements.pg_stat_statments = 1.  The server would
> load all libraries X for which shared_preload_statements.X is set to a
> value that is one of the ways we spell a true value for a Boolean GUC.

This line of thought is attractive, but the library lists can be
order-sensitive in case of cooperating libraries, so an approach were
the load order is indeterminate might not work.  (It might be worth
exploring ways of making it not order-sensitive.  Many trade-offs.)

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