> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Done, but didn't we use to allow \0 for NULL, while we now require \000?
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> I thought I had the \0 to \000 change covered by:
>
> >>Add:
> >>
> >>Bug Fixes
> >> bytea \### now requires valid three digit octal number
Oh, I read that as meaning it now requires _valid_ three digit octal
number. It really means requires _valid_ _three_ digit octal number.
I get it.
>
> The issue before was that, not only was something like \0123 ambiguous
> (is this \0 followed by the literal 123, or \012 followed by the literal
> 3?), but also that something like \129 could be input. See:
Yes, that was the issue of requiring three digits. I just read Perl
guesses based on the context. Sorry, don't want to go there. :-)
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