Re: overlays and config parsing

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Pierangelo Masarati wrote:

> In some cases, it may be useful that overlays see configuration directives
> __before__ the database, to allow intercepting and overriding them. 
> Directives ignored by the overlays would get to the database anyway; the
> specific overlay may allow the directive to eventually get to the
> database, maybe changed as appropriate.
Seems safe for now, but this behavior won't translate into back-config 
since database and overlay configuration is segregated to their own 
entries. Also, overlays are meant to be generic; overriding as you 
suggest means the overlay recognizes the specific database it's used 
with and only works with specific types. Not a problem, but something to 
be documented.

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