Re: Escape handling in COPY, strings, psql

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > I read the PHP addslashes() manual page:
> > 
> >     http://us3.php.net/addslashes
> > 
> > First, I see what people mean about PHP having most of the complex
> > content in comments, rather than in the actual manual text, and this
> > tendency is certainly something we want to avoid --- you end up having
> > to digest all the comments to find the details that should be in the
> > manual already.
> 
> Actually, all the comments are posted on the php-doc list, with 
> automatic urls in them for 'fixed in cvs', 'rejected', etc.
> 
> Each comment is supposed to be acted upon (ie. fixed in source), then 
> deleted.
> 
> There's still a lot of old comment around that hasn't had that treatment 
> though...

Right, they are more _usage_ comments, but still I think they could be
consolidated into manual text.

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