Re: 9.3 release notes suggestions

On 05.05.2013 18:51, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 05/05/2013 01:35 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>>> OK, so we can either use 4 hex digits minimum and have a fixed with on
>>> most platforms, extend it to 8 hex digits, or revert the entire
>>> fixed-width idea.
>> I think we should lose the idea that it's fixed-width. 16-bit PIDs are
>> a limitation whose days are obviously numbered.
>
>
> I'm late to this party - I must have been asleep at the wheel back in
> October, but I guess I have an interest as the original author of
> log_line_prefix ;-)
>
> I can't off the top of my head see any good reason for zero padding, so
> I'm with Tom.

Agreed. What might be useful, is a general padding feature in 
log_line_prefix, like in sprintf:

log_line_prefix = '%.5p '

- Heikki