4.1.2.3. String Constants with Unicode Escapes
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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?
Countries That Use the Cyrillic Alphabet 2026
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-use-cyrillic
Ukraine
Tajikistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Moldova
Russia
Montenegro
Mongolia
North Macedonia
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Bulgaria
Belarus
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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 word "slon" is Russian. It seems unhelpful for the example to specify
what other languages may also have incorporated the word "slon" into their
vocabulary. To not specify at least one language as containing "slon" also
seems unhelpful.
David J.
čt 27. 8. 2026 v 16:48 odesílatel David G. Johnston <
david.g.johnston@gmail.com> napsal:
On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM PG Doc comments form <
noreply@postgresql.org> 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 word "slon" is Russian. It seems unhelpful for the example to specify
what other languages may also have incorporated the word "slon" into their
vocabulary. To not specify at least one language as containing "slon" also
seems unhelpful.
Slon is slavic word. Almost all slavic languages use the same word - Czech,
Polish, Slovak, ... and in this case it is not taken from Russian
Regards
Pavel
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David J.
čt 27. 8. 2026 v 16:58 odesílatel Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
napsal:
čt 27. 8. 2026 v 16:48 odesílatel David G. Johnston <
david.g.johnston@gmail.com> napsal:On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM PG Doc comments form <
noreply@postgresql.org> 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 word "slon" is Russian. It seems unhelpful for the example to
specify what other languages may also have incorporated the word "slon"
into their vocabulary. To not specify at least one language as containing
"slon" also seems unhelpful.Slon is slavic word. Almost all slavic languages use the same word -
Czech, Polish, Slovak, ... and in this case it is not taken from Russian
But I agree, so in this case, the etymology of this word is not important
Regards
Pavel
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Regards
Pavel
David J.