Re: TODO questions

OK, additional sentence removed.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > OK, TODO updated:
> >         o %Allow commenting of variables in postgresql.conf to restore them
> >           to defaults
> 
> >           Currently, if a variable is commented out, it keeps the
> >           previous uncommented value until a server restarted.
> >           Logically, a reload should set the same values as a
> >           server restart.
> 
> That all sounds nice, but unless you intend to fix all the constraints
> that force some values to be set-only-at-postmaster-start, it's never
> going to be possible to promise that a reload has the same effect as
> restarting the server.  We could do this for values that are not
> PGC_POSTMASTER, but the argument given above for doing it is bogus.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 

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