Re: NAME maximum length in _bytes_

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:13:45PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> psql \dTS+ shows for data type 'name':
>
> pg_catalog | name | name | 64 | |
> | 63-character type for storing system identifiers
>
> I believe this is really 63 bytes, not characters. I also see it
> mismatched in our docs:
>
> in the internal system catalogs and is not intended for use by the general user. Its
> length is currently defined as 64 bytes (63 usable characters plus
> ----------
> terminator) but should be referenced using the constant
> <symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> in <literal>C</> source code.
>
> Should I fix this?

Fix applied; no catalog bump.

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