> Mark Dilger <pgsql@markdilger.com> writes:
> > Refactoring the way these table driven functions work would impact
> > lots of other code. Just grep for all files #including mb/pg_wchar.h
> > for the list of them. The list includes interfaces/libpq, and I'm
> > wondering if software that links against postgres might rely on these
> > function prototypes?
>
> No, we've never exported those with the intent that client code should
> use 'em. Doing so would require importing non-public headers, and
> anyone who does that can have no grounds for complaining if the headers
> change incompatibly.
I thought PQescapeString() of 8.3 uses mbverify functions to make sure
that user supplied multibyte string is valid.
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
