Re: set_config() documentation clarification

On Mon, Jan  4, 2021 at 09:46:32AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 8:26 AM Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org> wrote:
> 
>     In the documentation at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/
>     functions-admin.html
>     this behaviour is not mentioned anywhere as far as I can see:
> 
> 
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-custom.html
> 
> I do think "Customized Options" is an accurate description.  One needs to
> consider their usage of such variables as "modular" even though there is no
> library code involved.  i.e., the description is possibly overly specific but
> the variables created in this manner are simply namespaced but otherwise usable
> in any manner you deem fit.

I think I tried to make this feature more visible a few years ago and
some people said we might remove it someday, so don't do that.  If that
is false, I think we can make it more prominent.

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