Re: 4.1.2.3. String Constants with Unicode Escapes

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: y(dot)saburov(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 4.1.2.3. String Constants with Unicode Escapes
Date: 2026-09-02 16:00:34
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On 27.08.26 08:09, PG Doc comments form 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 origin of the name "slonik" for the PostgreSQL logo comes a Russian
speaker, and the example was written with that in mind.

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