On 16.03.22 19:59, Mark Dilger wrote:
Informally, we often use "GUC" on this list, but that isn't used formally, leaving "configuration parameter" and "setting" as the
two obvious choices. I preferred "configuration parameter" originally and was argued out of it. My take on "setting" was also that it
more naturally refers to the choice of setting, not the thing being set, such that "work_mem = 8192" means the configuration parameter
"work_mem" has the setting "8192".
"The current setting of the work_mem parameter is 8192."
I think something based on "parameter" is good. We also use that
language in the protocol (e.g., ParameterStatus).
