Re: BUG #8611: ECPG: unclosed comment "/*" - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Michael Meskes
Subject Re: BUG #8611: ECPG: unclosed comment "/*"
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Msg-id 20131125083755.GC16770@feivel.credativ.lan
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In response to Re: BUG #8611: ECPG: unclosed comment "/*"  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: BUG #8611: ECPG: unclosed comment "/*"  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> I tend to agree with Tom here but I feel like I'm missing something-
> will this only make things "work" which would fail previously..?  We

Yes, that's the way I see it.

> certainly don't want to risk breaking things for existing users, but
> perhaps it's not possible to have existing code which works and this is
> only 'loosening' of what we accept.

We're not exactly loosening but we aligning with what the C compiler accepts,
if that makes any sense.

Michael
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