quoting of array elements + sexp_out?

From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn(at)glug(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: quoting of array elements + sexp_out?
Date: 2003-07-24 14:29:36
Message-ID: E19fh68-0007wL-00@colo.agora-net.com
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greetings,

previously (7.1.x), an array of text would be returned:

{"d","e","f"}

but w/ 7.3.3 i see:

{d,e,f}

there is mention of this in section 5.12 "Arrays" of the manual,
including the unfriendly consequence: callers must be able to handle
either case. my question is: why this make-work change?

this leads me to the next question: is there any interest in a
`sexp_out' analog to `array_out'? i tried a quick and dirty hack
(below, unpack in contrib/ subdir) but it doesn't work, so am now
seeking pointers from more clueful programmers.

btw, all of this noise is to support guile-pg, the latest version of
which can be found in directory:

http://www.glug.org/alt/

thanks for any help.

thi

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