| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: 4.1.2.3. String Constants with Unicode Escapes |
| Date: | 2026-08-27 14:47:51 |
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM PG Doc comments form <
noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/sql-syntax-lexical.html
> Description:
>
> >> The following less trivial example writes the Russian word “slon”
> (elephant) in Cyrillic letters:
>
> Why are you tagging the word “elephant” with a country? This word is
> written
> in Cyrillic characters, which are used in many countries:
>
> Why do you consider it Russian?
>
The word "slon" is Russian. It seems unhelpful for the example to specify
what other languages may also have incorporated the word "slon" into their
vocabulary. To not specify at least one language as containing "slon" also
seems unhelpful.
David J.
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