Re: Parsing config files in a directory

Greg Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>> It's the basic and unsolvable issue of how do you have a file which is
>> both perfectly human-readable-and-editable *and* perfectly
>> machine-readable-and-editable at the same time.
>
> Let's see...if I remember correctly from the last two rounds of this 
> discussion, this is the point where someone pops up and says that 
> switching to XML for the postgresql.conf will solve this problem. 
> Whoever does that this time goes into the ring with Kevin and I, but 
> they don't get a club.  (All fight proceeds to benefit SPI of course).
>
>

That's precisely why I didn't get into this discussion (you guys are scary).

It really does seem like deja vu all over again. I'm usually good for a 
given argument once.

cheers

andrew