Re: BUG #15273: Lexer bug with UESCAPE

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 05:15:15PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Oh, and one other thing:
> 
> regression=# select 'foo'
> regression-# 'bar';
>  ?column? 
> ----------
>  foobar
> (1 row)
> 
> regression=# select 'foo' -- baz
> 'bar';
>  ?column? 
> ----------
>  foobar
> (1 row)
> 
> regression=# select 'foo' /* baz */
> 'bar';
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "'bar'"
> LINE 2: 'bar';
>         ^
> 
> So we already have the exact same restriction in all multi-line forms
> of literal.  That's far older than the UESCAPE business, and nobody's
> complained about it that I can recall.

Do we have any comment in the lexer C files about this so we don't
revisit the issue?

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