Re: Unicode string literals versus the world

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Unicode string literals versus the world
Date: 2009-04-14 18:48:12
Message-ID: 16483.1239734892@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I think we can handle that and the cases Tom presents by erroring out
> when the U& syntax is used with stdstr off.

I think you're missing the point --- this is not about whether the
syntax is unambiguous (it is already) but about whether a frontend that
doesn't understand it 100% will be secure against subversion. I have no
confidence in the latter assumption.

regards, tom lane

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