BUG #4436: (E'\\' LIKE E'\\') => f

From: "Mathieu Fenniak" <hjoiiv(at)mathieu(dot)fenniak(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #4436: (E'\\' LIKE E'\\') => f
Date: 2008-09-24 16:00:52
Message-ID: 200809241600.m8OG0q3Z095759@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 4436
Logged by: Mathieu Fenniak
Email address: hjoiiv(at)mathieu(dot)fenniak(dot)net
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.3
Operating system: Linux x86-64
Description: (E'\\' LIKE E'\\') => f
Details:

I noticed that (SELECT E'\\' LIKE E'\\') returns false, where I would expect
it to return true. I asked on the #postgresql/freenode IRC channel, and
nobody had a good explanation for this return value, suggesting it may be a
minor bug.

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