Re: [HACKERS] Multiline privileges in \z

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On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan writes:
> > Wouldn't this expression:
> > pg_catalog.array_to_string(c.relacl, chr(10))
> > be better expressed as
> > pg_catalog.array_to_string(c.relacl, E'\n')
>
> +1 ... it's minor, but knowing that ASCII LF is 10 is probably not
> wired into too many people's brains anymore. (Besides, some of us
> remember it as octal 12, anyway...)
>

Fair enough. I just wanted a non-messy way of saying "1 newline,
please", and I wasn't too sure whether backslash escapes were
considered kosher for internal queries.

But you're right, readability is important. No objections to using
the escape syntax.

Please note that I used chr(10) in my \du attributes patch as well.

Cheers,
BJ

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