Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> But what should
> peter=# select 'abc\
> peter'# def';
> do? This doesn't seem right:
> ?column?
> ----------
> abc
> def
> (1 row)
Looks fine to me.
> Should the newline be stripped?
I would think not. That would mean that backslash-newline gives you
something *other* than a literal newline, which is an inconsistency
we don't need since we don't treat newline as special.
Also, it would be changing the old (pre-7.0) behavior, which would
doubtless break someone's code somewhere. In the absence of a
compelling reason to change the behavior, I think we have to leave it
alone.
regards, tom lane
