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Re: pgtcl large object fix

Reinhard Max <max@suse.de>

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From: Reinhard Max <max@suse.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Mahlon Stacy <mcs@mayo.edu>, "'pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org'" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-08-07T10:10:44Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 at 18:02, Tom Lane wrote:

> Mahlon Stacy <mcs@mayo.edu> writes:
> > Newer versions of TCL implement ByteArray objects which are
> > the best fit for Postgresql Large Object functions.
>
> How newer is "newer"?  That is, what compatibility problems might we
> create if we make this change?

ByteArrays were introduced in Tcl 8.1 (March 1999) along with the
change to use UTF-8 as internal string encoding.

cu
	Reinhard