Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:09:41 -0400 From: Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(a) So that numerics don't get quoted. (b) The original coding was wrong, since its rule for deciding when to quote had nothing to do with the contents of the string being quoted, and it could thus fail to quote when quoting was essential. hmm, if the goal is to not quote numerics, why not check for that class of types explicitly instead of checking for embedded characters? perhaps add a type attribute "needs quotes" or a typoutput function attribute "produces quotes"? a scan of the contents could be avoided entirely in this way. thi ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
