Re: Better HINT message for "unexpected data beyond EOF" - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:
> Re: Robert Haas
> > > Another question is should we back-patch this? I believe we should (?)
> > I don't think this qualifies as a bug. The current wording isn't
> > factually wrong, just unhelpful. Even if it were wrong, we need a
> > pretty good reason to change message strings in a stable branch,
> > because that can break things for users who are grepping for the
> > current string (or a translation thereof). If an overwhelming
> > consensus in favor of back-patching emerges, fine, but my gut feeling
> > is that back-patching will make more people sad than it makes happy.
>
> It's only the HINT part. If I were to grep/search for the message, I
> would definitely use the message part.

I'm sure you would, but you're very smart.

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Robert Haas
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