Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vApEA-006Lcv-NO for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:43:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vApE9-00HQBa-KI for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:43:04 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vApE9-00HQBR-D4 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:43:04 +0000 Received: from mail-pl1-x62b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::62b]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vApE6-002mrY-2R for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:43:03 +0000 Received: by mail-pl1-x62b.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-26a0a694ea8so31505085ad.3 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 05:43:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1760964181; x=1761568981; darn=lists.postgresql.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=3LzogVg/IdLA99hGQ3YIP2Wj57yDT7WC4FMBEjc1+Yw=; b=ULBsSfhNV9jogKhmhkf1ajlrXdR/Xghcgc8rcveqUI90SGilk7w4AQ5G51BMWiJDIR DIqp1w1xwXk5tzHulQ1LI6Dn0Ma6popMfnzC1yZCgyHrHBov7l+7ymQWX1DNq4HK0cti LAxzFPYi0KtGF3CpChVb3t0j31ZNB454pYOXL2pI4JwnzmZSeaB36rxkIAyHk8JnziK7 ZQ+GIs0VfdIdJcxWdWUDpsliBt+INAp6sTtzre/lR04IW/iDI4tvQhJT7NW+W+MWKNdo CSJZKzfFBmYXRkZqDrzSahbHTKRmm51Ck2XbUaAVCB6tzD1cxdorUBKtHNX9vJ1iMwTx tKYA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1760964181; x=1761568981; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3LzogVg/IdLA99hGQ3YIP2Wj57yDT7WC4FMBEjc1+Yw=; b=oIHsx3K3IaA36uINbvVpo3koU6kIbzqUh4ePBgF80fW/WH01I402YeWJsJPodRcmA/ WC3cNdlPpXynVLkXZ9wRBvrTlvYqHwC0zZtxEM07qaSfcYFuHEJOLh/74UmAhZxG+Hyv J5h+gOPWF0qpuGbA9+WC0Hkj4OwFokrljSYAzMkYYRptygoDVd+GkofvL+o6yH5tdc8F h1t7dnOgT2MszVosS/JLvIA3gQogIDokpdn7tp0L0NsI5IAXBxdn9OLhO1Nfq84Gi/e+ os8c7wFcL9Wo6iHWb+b8HnBBcJILslRvIjzTTZQdPrUKD7D6FWfiCcqYb9j8O1GZDOLi MibQ== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCUWqZuwhwY/U8WMtviUHbPUC+1XViQPq9PAVjXmw/2B822qaPtDLEE9cKUcQVQvf0QF+1iLt3SuleDh@lists.postgresql.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwlpD4wi2BuoIH9iRYRUiSPNxHBDSl3F1Cfa1HJOw33uRvwfv+q a9HcmbAW/Vm4AS3idQkFtMTGh6dJM20+nj4TnLKnI447qDdycXg+/d3AJlDBSFFNyi8nvEWOQ3/ dBsi0557LMW0o83sSh7FRSDVlmaBUs58= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncsGky3ZIhaB4QOT+15p8GSpT+osSoxCwHhWr/v+VIpPesZeFFU3oKpVZ5xiK9b NIk+UoKPM7UNt59Oo3TUa9yT7AmOIh8G8O68ZLh38Y4oFuXV5ZmGvn4m9DSMwIzue0OYfL8xD+V KVq6G/Ig8Ias5PJN6ogJT4WavkJ7dC/yMPVpVcnTX2rAyvpU2NMbtVOfeDhO8047Ym90qHd0xUu aPhLVc+7WTktNiONeOHmhknkaVB+GRGpaejDgMYYDW90QEnjLVH/uIA0QAK1Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHBajscYTktfsZddJQkUFc42UXbFLU+BsbFrKaulUoSGAqAyw5cPpn73PTawUXKReLT2zE5FSf/4RKoUfiUFq8= X-Received: by 2002:a17:903:1a4c:b0:267:ba92:4d19 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-290c99a8ed3mr158192925ad.0.1760964181432; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 05:43:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <176044409338.770.16064383081308443747@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <1307875.1760556576@sss.pgh.pa.us> <92151c4debb48bbbaed4db81c79d73c36f619858.camel@cybertec.at> In-Reply-To: From: Sergei Katkovsky Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:42:30 +0400 X-Gm-Features: AS18NWD4XaNT63uBPZ07LLmvFagV-_9exLIYzvC7L3GhsPM5z3ByL9LCbXLg4Qc Message-ID: Subject: Re: BPCHAR description in 8.3. Character Types is misleading and incomplete To: Laurenz Albe Cc: Tom Lane , Jeff Davis , pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 2:36=E2=80=AFAM Laurenz Albe wrote: > But perhaps it is really better to leave things as they are now, perhaps > replacing "blank-trimming", perhaps as "variable-length string that ignor= es > training blanks". Looks like nobody is against "insignificant/ignorable trailing whitespace" or anything like that anymore? Am I right? With best regards, Sergei Katkovskii