Re: Should we get rid of custom_variable_classes altogether?

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Yeah.  custom_variable_classes is a pretty annoying wart, but if it's
>> set to the default value (namely, empty) then it actually does prevent
>> people from setting bajillions of completely pointless settings, which
>> seems like it has some merit.  I'm not sure it has enough merit to
>> justify keeping it around, but it has more than none.  We could allow
>> entering a date of February 31st, too, but we don't.
>
> Well, that argument was essentially why we put it in to begin with.
> But I think pretty much everybody agrees that it's more trouble than
> it's worth (in fact, weren't you one of the people complaining about
> it?)

Well, yes.  But I was arguing that we should replace the leaky dam
with one that's watertight, rather than demolishing the dam.

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