Re: BPCHAR description in 8.3. Character Types is misleading and incomplete

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Sergei Katkovsky <skatkovsky(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Documentation <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BPCHAR description in 8.3. Character Types is misleading and incomplete
Date: 2025-10-17 13:46:02
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZbyugm-Y3Ewt007Mn5SdP8VKLCR_pcNSs0UC=N3FGNjQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 03:38 Sergei Katkovsky <skatkovsky(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Perhaps a better term would be
> "trailing-blanks-insignificant", with or without hyphens.
>

"Insignificant trailing blanks."

David J.

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