> On 2 March 2018 at 10:33, Arthur Zakirov <a.zakirov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
>
> The fix you proposed isn't related with the initial report [1] by Amul
> Sul, IMHO. The patch tries to fix that behaviour and additionally tries
> to be more smart in handling and matching separator characters within
> input and format strings. And unfortunately, it partly breaks backward
> compatibility.
>
> Your propose could break backward compatibility too, I think. And in
> different manner than the patch I think. And that's why it needs another
> patch I think and needs an additional decision about breaking backward
> compatibility. All this is IMHO.
>
> 1 - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1873520224.1784572.1465833145330.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com
Well, I'm not sure that it's completely unrelated, but I see your point - it
makes sense to discuss this and move forward in small steps. So, if there are
no objections I'll mark this patch as ready.