Re: Fwd: Copy out wording

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 13:31, Andrew Dunstan<andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh, hang on, "the NULL string" refers to the copy parameter? Not a
> >> part of the data? I read it as "a string being NULL". Maybe something
> >> like "the value of the NULL string parameter" to be overly clear for
> >> people like me? :-)
> >>
> >
> > We could change:
> >
> > ? A NULL is output as the NULL string and is not quoted, while a data value
> > ? matching the NULL string is quoted.
> >
> >
> > to
> >
> > ? A NULL is output as the NULL parameter and is not quoted, while a non-NULL
> > data value whose text representation
> > ? matches the NULL parameter is quoted.
> >
> >
> > or something similar. Would that be better?
>
> Yes, much better IMO.

I have applied the attached documentation clarification patch, and
backpatched it to 8.4.X.

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