Tom,
Seems a lot better to me to just train people to run the check-config code by hand before pulling the trigger to load the settings for real.
Or just have pg_ctl --check-first as an option. Cautious DBAs would use that. In 2-3 versions, we can make --check-first the default, and require the option --dont-check for unattended restarts.
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