Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> if your software is written to depend on the appname being set a
> particular way
then you're not using for its intended purpose, I should think. Since
any client can set this to whatever they want, having the application
name as a default, rather than NULL (at least for clients on Windows,
BSD, and Linux) would be a convenience for those using it for its
intended purpose.
-Kevin