Re: get_bit etc.

I have added documentation for all the bit/byte get/set functions, and
added a pg_description comment for each of them --- patch attached.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Brian Minton <bminton(at)efn(dot)org> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> A documentation patch would be welcomed.
>
> > ok, how do I do that?
>
> Ideally, send a patch diff against the appropriate .sgml file in the doc
> source tree to pgsql-patches. If you're not up for patching SGML, write
> some plain ASCII text that would fit into the docs and send it to
> pgsql-docs; somebody will take care of marking it up in SGML and
> committing it where it belongs.
>
> > They are simple enough functions, and it was easy
> > to figure out what they did, but there is no mention of them, I guess
> > maybe they are "unofficial" functions.
>
> No, they're clearly intended as user-accessible functions. I'd say the
> author was too dern lazy to include any documentation when he submitted
> the code patch :-(. We have a lot of that disease goin' round.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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