name vs varchar vs text?

From: "mike" <mike(at)quadrent(dot)net>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: name vs varchar vs text?
Date: 2001-03-05 15:46:54
Message-ID: 000c01c0a58b$81589fc0$0100000a@Domain.wyd2002.org
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reading through the curent development docs, I've run accross a data type called "name", and it looks very similar to varchar or text, and I'm wondering if there is any atvantage to useing this data type over varchar or even text?

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