Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output
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Msg-id 13156.1258986658@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> What is the plan behind keeping the old format?  Are we going to remove
> it after one release if no one complains, or are we seriously expecting
> that someone has code that actually parses this?

Plan?  Do we need a plan?  The extra support consists of about two lines
of code and a small table, so there wouldn't be much harm in leaving
it there forever.

On the other hand it seems pretty likely that no one would care after a
release or two.
        regards, tom lane


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