Re: GUC values - recommended way to declare the C variables?

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 09:47:25AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> So, the initial values of max_wal_senders and max_replication_slots
> became out of sync with their defaults in guc_tables.c.  FWIW, I would
> argue the opposite way: rather than removing the initializations, I
> would fix and keep them as these references can be useful when
> browsing the area of the code related to such GUCs, without having to
> look at guc_tables.c for this information.

Well, those initializations are only useful when they are kept in sync,
which, as demonstrated by this patch, isn't always the case.  I don't have
a terribly strong opinion about this, but I'd lean towards reducing the
number of places that track the default value of GUCs.

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