Re: [HACKERS] Re: Toast,bytea, Text -blob all confusing

[Tom Lane]

"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think actually the backend parser has no business changing
> constants, he is imho only allowed to parse it, so he knows 
> where a constant begins, and where it ends.    

How do you propose to handle embedded quote marks in literals,
if there is no parser-level escape convention?

Don't suggest a type-specific escape convention; at the time the
parser runs, it's impossible to know what type the literal will
turn out to be.

                        regards, tom lane

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