| From: | Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> |
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| To: | jasongodden(at)optushome(dot)com(dot)au, Markus Bertheau <twanger(at)bluetwanger(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: \xDD patch for 7.5devel |
| Date: | 2003-11-05 20:47:17 |
| Message-ID: | 260050000.1068065237@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net |
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--On Thursday, November 06, 2003 07:43:07 +1100 Jason Godden
<jasongodden(at)optushome(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:25 am, Markus Bertheau wrote:
>> ? ???, 05.11.2003, ? 16:25, Tom Lane ?????:
>> > > +#define HEXVALUE(c) (((c)>='a') ? ((c)-87) : (((c)>='A') ? ((c)-55)
>> > > : ((c)-'0')))
>> >
>> > This seems excessively dependent on the assumption that the character
>> > set is ASCII. Why have you hard-coded numeric equivalents into this
>> > macro?
>>
>> What not ASCII compatible character sets are out there in use still
>> today?
>
EBCDIC as far as I know is still the default on IBM Mainframes (been 5+
years but...).
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