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 1v9kmk-007ZhF-NY for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:46:22 +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 1v9kmh-002lWW-32 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:46:18 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1v9kmg-002lWO-Rf for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:46:17 +0000 Received: from mail-oi1-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::236]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1v9kmd-002j4l-2J for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:46:17 +0000 Received: by mail-oi1-x236.google.com with SMTP id 5614622812f47-44357051b30so417303b6e.1 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:46:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1760708773; x=1761313573; darn=lists.postgresql.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=WaY2GycKvISih+r0VtOlJaHdrvU6JW2nAF+wxyQcm/o=; b=Z1Uiftqd9nG7q2NYD2AyA2rsIjHNze5ewulr6HGv9BOOsUUvl5yIgtuTpjt/B/J/CU IUNPMl4n62WuWyFTEsanRlwcFFQvaKrwEkDQ1IdZLzsWsAWLf1Bua1pXjPP+mIJAhPAW qzbFhbJ2iKz00rinaQnKl6t3igczx9TtP+RpzMQFWIm4/ZSl9ekgN699QCyb2LEYOzMc i7n7zjI1hub1v4FM0Qt/VAYCyMraEtItWaNuqZHcxK1FTa1dt6Jk4bSeQ0kqyHLBPNdZ rvcm37JfO+8mG9LWcrTEjkskfbCxxYy2Be5C0y83SNp8Y/+zWaM1QkzZnmxcm/KhV1OD egXA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1760708773; x=1761313573; h=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=WaY2GycKvISih+r0VtOlJaHdrvU6JW2nAF+wxyQcm/o=; b=SX3XJhOISrwOXjgQiYEx0TgxKfKR54a0PaHEaB958mnSqRKbihfb1oxHAeL/ulhneR SkDy0qX9ZyoHnorE3SGVZYyv/UUVFXBNSoSyjqeLG/zltYWbK+9++cRwAZ4Y++xjZcxy SYxJ0yxDDETVGznCayubajUlmgHKUBLKAn/xBs/d01UICGp8iNcWshSUUrnYhIwOQWRw yrljbDYyr9oHmX+8AguwF8NICo64TwOIHMDUZKtdbYlM1T9nEbZIpggBS0+RV5/Hp2rz xqaQAPmrxqQ4TyZAJIhtg7+nZnWGEt6qrFYXEi87tVz4FRzWoaAQLakeAhSh/3sZhn/U 1x8A== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCV+EYBhLZc9NwMe7xDZTZyMmZtst3M9LwDnVwwUFo38xpYOFomkF26umY3gfLjgVfoWrbpS9Vz+Bsni@lists.postgresql.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzhhlPtEXjHEZHsQ+qv64Ru2HF+EsIgwYdC7VMk7XNlsaC6Zqva 2yp1K/PRsK2A9cTfdp0DE2DIu0QLYXLcCPWfRoqt91j7euEwISt+bbRVu+nCSYZf9EZkuY7JRYd PlxwsFpkGoSu5J+pxKG5d9HDWQeyEw9k= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncsltQWVG9Yh4Wb/EJAKpo/9hT13YUclGU+tpAm7oV8aqSZNiEuYdJw0U78Hz47 A9lggVhnyGjonGW4Xt97rCGJnINCheQSWmhSsDb2cn5gSGFTJu/7SVAdT44Q9khlnOx6P0HTsPW 69LQ5pLPB/OhKq2UGSqMPt8TT1vEcsN6i6fHqnD0uu09q5oSKWFY+kknd4jppXz3ZuzVFc3SRQo Zyl2I4E9b1gGDhfIVIZbGWHIK3gZE1mtsEs+MlJVCel5LrWwRT2XZdIOge9BQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFNmn4+Un8O3hdaFsInWqKvHstVrE5Vi0yLG/C3vbalXyxjEVkY5L/I3u82DHaPs02Nwa+TOgX14x2RtEcjp78= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:6a83:b0:43f:1d72:592 with SMTP id 5614622812f47-443a2eff572mr1857274b6e.23.1760708772614; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:46:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <176044409338.770.16064383081308443747@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <1307875.1760556576@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: From: "David G. Johnston" Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:46:02 -0400 X-Gm-Features: AS18NWBe_g26ZtcjyIyhPMapj_oTzigkYjKkgOtSwNVfBJi0GJ5ot4pBrYbiKVE Message-ID: Subject: Re: BPCHAR description in 8.3. Character Types is misleading and incomplete To: Sergei Katkovsky Cc: Tom Lane , Jeff Davis , PostgreSQL Documentation Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f1d80106415af45c" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --000000000000f1d80106415af45c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 03:38 Sergei Katkovsky wrote: > Perhaps a better term would be > "trailing-blanks-insignificant", with or without hyphens. > "Insignificant trailing blanks." David J. --000000000000f1d80106415af45c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 03:38 Sergei Katko= vsky <skatkovsky@gmail.com&g= t; wrote:
Perhaps a better term wou= ld be
"trailing-blanks-insignificant", with or without hyphens.

"In= significant trailing blanks."

David J.

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