Re: [PATCH] SET search_path += octopus

At 2020-10-20 10:53:04 -0700, andres@anarazel.de wrote:
>
> >     postgres=# ALTER SYSTEM SET max_worker_processes += 4;
> >     ALTER SYSTEM
> 
> Much less clear that this is a good idea...

I agree it's less clear. I still think it might be useful in some cases
(such as the example with max_worker_processes quoted above), but it's
not as compelling as altering search_path/shared_preload_libraries.

(That's partly why I posted it as a separate patch.)

> It seems to me that appending and incrementing using the same syntax
> is a) confusing b) will be a limitation before long.

I understand (a), but what sort of limitation do you foresee in (b)?

Do you think both features should be implemented, but with a different
syntax, or are you saying incrementing should not be implemented now?

> > These patches do not affect configuration file parsing in any way:
> > its use is limited to "SET" and "ALTER xxx SET".
> 
> Are you including user / database settings as part of ALTER ... SET?
> Or just SYSTEM?

Yes, it works the same for all of the ALTER … SET variants, including
users and databases.

-- Abhijit