Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> I just don't buy it. With the instructions in the file, a program
> that rewrites the file will fail miserably on every installation out
> there (or will be full of logic that tries, futilely, to parse the
> comments). With the instructions out of the file, a program that
> rewrites the file will work just fine on all installations except
> those that have chosen to do the thing you describe above. And we can
> tell people "don't do that any more, because it'll mess up the
> automated tools".
No, you *think* you might be able to tell people that. It is not
going to fly. It is especially not going to fly when the automated
tools are still just pie-in-the-sky rather than real live commonly
used tools.
Please re-read what Greg had to say.
regards, tom lane
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