Re: real/float example for testlibpq3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: real/float example for testlibpq3
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Msg-id 4f9ad8c2-b3b6-4d09-1e05-57b97ced926e@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: real/float example for testlibpq3  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 01.11.22 09:15, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> If we want to start documenting the binary format for all data types, it
>> should go into the "Data Types" chapter.  There, we already document the
>> text format in great detail, so putting the binary format in there as
>> well would make sense.
> 
> Agreed that the libpq manual is not the place for this, but I feel
> like it will also be clutter in "Data Types".  Perhaps we should
> invent a new appendix or the like?  Somewhere near the wire protocol
> docs seems sensible.

Would that clutter the protocol docs? ;-)

I suppose figuring out exactly where to put it and how to mark it up, 
etc., in a repeatable fashion is part of the job here.




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