Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> So you can tell a newline in the data from a wrap due to line length.
>> The need to be able to do that is not dependent on how many columns
>> there are.

> If that's really what we want then I think we're doing a terrible job of 
> it. Have a look at the output of:

>     select
>     
> E'xxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>     as a, 1 as b;

> How do we know from that where the linefeeds are, exactly?

It works quite nicely for me ... in HEAD that is:

regression=# select 
E'xxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
    as a, 1 as b;
                          a                           | b 
------------------------------------------------------+---
 xxxxxxx                                             +| 1
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                  +| 
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | 
(1 row)

regression=# 

The point here is exactly that previous versions didn't show the
distinction well.

                        regards, tom lane

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