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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: y.saburov@gmail.com
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 4.1.2.3. String Constants with Unicode Escapes
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 18:00:34 +0200
Message-ID: <cc4e2df3-340c-4c8c-aec8-cd4024893a65@eisentraut.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178781098625.2606578.8357201012677712673@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <178781098625.2606578.8357201012677712673@wrigleys.postgresql.org>

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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