Re: New warning in pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New warning in pg_dump
Date: 2004-08-24 03:52:32
Message-ID: 27748.1093319552@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> At 01:27 PM 24/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I prefer declaring it as unsigned, which means you drop the
>> \377 end instead ...

> ...I've used explicit values (128) since '\200' is -127.

Actually I'd go with "(unsigned char) '\200'". There's a bunch
of different possible viewpoints here of course, but given that
you are trying to mimic a backend flex file that speaks of \200-\377,
I'd opt for something that's clearly traceable to that form.

regards, tom lane

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