Re: Parsing config files in a directory

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> Huh, isn't this code in initdb.c already?

The sketched out design I have for a contrib/pgtune in C presumes that I'd 
start by refactoring the relevant bits from initdb into a library for both 
programs to use.  But the initdb code doesn't care about preserving 
existing values when making changes to them; it just throws in its new 
settings and moves along.  So what's there already only handles about half 
the annoying parts most people would expect a tuning tool that reads the 
existing file and operates on it to do.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised to find that it chokes on some real-world 
postgresql.conf files.  The postgresql.conf.sample it's being fed is 
fairly pristine.  A tuning tool that intends to read any postgresql.conf 
it's fed can't always assume it's in exactly standard form.  I've recently 
started collecting complicated postgresql.conf lines that crashed my 
Python code as people submit bug reports with those.  You might be 
surprised at all of the places people put whitespace at.

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