Re: bytea datatype documentation patch

From: Joe Conway <joseph(dot)conway(at)home(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: "pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bytea datatype documentation patch
Date: 2001-11-21 02:41:41
Message-ID: 3BFB1465.3070607@home.com
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> So I would base this discussion on the premise "bytea stores binary data"
> (insert examples).
>
> Some stylistic issues:
>
> bytea => <type>bytea</type>
>
> NULLs => zero bytes/bytes of value zero ("NULL" is too overloaded)
>
> 'non-printable' => <quote>nonprintable</quote>
>
> MUST => <emphasis>must</emphasis>
>

Here's a patch against *CVS tip* to address Peter's comments. Please let
me know what you think!

Thanks,

Joe

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