Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Here is a new version of the three \x hex support patches. I have added
> \x for psql variables, which is the last patch.
> I have IM'ed with Peter and he is now OK with the idea of supporting \x,
> with the underestanding that it doesn't take us any farther away from
> compatibility than we are now.
Peter may be OK with it, but I object strongly to adding this to SQL
literals. This is exactly *not* the direction we want to be going in.
I don't really see the point for COPY and psql, either.
regards, tom lane
