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Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 10:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> You might think about using some symmetric-but-not-zero value,
>> 0x01010101 or the like.

> I thought about that, but I'm not sure that it proves much more than jus=
t using zero.

Perhaps not.  I haven't really looked at any of this code, so I'll defer
to Robert's judgment about whether this represents an interesting testing
issue.

			regards, tom lane