Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > Well, I think that if we create our own mini-language, it may well be > possible to make the configuration for this compact enough to fit on > one line. If we use JSON, I think there's zap chance of that. But... > that's just what *I* think.
Well, that depends on what you think the typical-case complexity is and on how long a line will fit in your editor window ;-). I think that we can't make much progress on this argument without a pretty concrete idea of what typical and worst-case configurations would look like. Would someone like to put forward examples? Then we could try them in any specific syntax that's suggested and see how verbose it gets. FWIW, I tend to agree that if we think common cases can be held to, say, a hundred or two hundred characters, that we're best off avoiding the challenges of dealing with multi-line postgresql.conf entries. And I'm really not much in favor of a separate file; if we go that way then we're going to have to reinvent a huge amount of infrastructure that already exists for GUCs. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers