Re: Documentation for bootstrap data conversion - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From John Naylor
Subject Re: Documentation for bootstrap data conversion
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In response to Re: Documentation for bootstrap data conversion  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 4/9/18, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> As it is now, it will actually collapse consecutive blank lines into
>> one. I maintain that was necessary during conversion to get some
>> semblance of consistency, but now it may not be a good idea to tie
>> developers' hands in surprising ways if they want double blank lines
>> in some places. It would be pretty easy to remove this behavior.
>> Apologies if it was not documented well enough.
>
> I did note that in some internal comments, but forgot it when writing
> this.  I agree that now that the conversion is done, it'd be better
> to remove that special case.  Would you send a patch for that?

Sure, attached.

-John Naylor

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