> As far as the comparison behavior goes, psql's parser strips
> comments that start with double dashes, for $obscure_reasons.
That story aught to be worth a $beer or two
> The server is perfectly capable of ignoring those by itself,
> though. (Awhile back I tried to remove that psql behavior,
> but it caused too much churn in our regression tests.)
>
> regards, tom lane
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