Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Roger Leigh <rleigh(at)codelibre(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output
Date: 2009-11-23 14:30:58
Message-ID: 13156.1258986658@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> What is the plan behind keeping the old format? Are we going to remove
> it after one release if no one complains, or are we seriously expecting
> that someone has code that actually parses this?

Plan? Do we need a plan? The extra support consists of about two lines
of code and a small table, so there wouldn't be much harm in leaving
it there forever.

On the other hand it seems pretty likely that no one would care after a
release or two.

regards, tom lane

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