| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | F Harvell <fharvell(at)fts(dot)net>, Andrew Pimlott <pimlott(at)idiomtech(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: non-standard escapes in string literals |
| Date: | 2002-04-25 20:22:10 |
| Message-ID: | 200204252022.g3PKMA814482@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> F Harvell <fharvell(at)fts(dot)net> writes:
> > This also poses the biggest problem in terms of legacy compatibility.
> > Perhaps the answer is to add a runtime config option (and default it
> > to ANSI) and possibly deprecate the C escaping.
>
> While I wouldn't necessarily object to a runtime option, I do object
> to both the other parts of your proposal ;-). Backslash escaping is
> not broken; we aren't going to remove it or deprecate it, and I would
> vote against making it non-default.
Added to TODO:
* Allow backslash handling in quoted strings to be disabled for portability
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