Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> FYI, we also need to figure out how to store a zero-length string. That
> will probably be high-bit, and then all zero bits. We don't store a
> zero-byte in strings, so that should be unique for "".
No, it'll be a 1-byte header with length indicating that no bytes
follow, which likely will be 10000001 rather than 10000000 ... but
in either case there is no ambiguity involved.
regards, tom lane
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