>>> I think the concern is when they use only one slash, like:
>>> E'\377\000\377'::bytea
>>> which, as I mentioned before, is not correct anyway.
>
> Wait, why would this be wrong? How would you enter the three byte bytea of
> consisting of those three bytes described above?
Either as
E'\\377\\000\\377'
or
'\377\000\377'
/Dennis