Maximum length for levenshtein algorithm

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#1Noname
p.becker@the-library-code.de

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/fuzzystrmatch.html
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While the documenation of the versions 9.5 and 9.6 states a maximum length
of 255 characters for the levenshtein algorithm's input, the documentation
of any previous version states a maximium of 255 bytes. I expect that this
hasn't change, but the documentation of older versions is wrong.

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#2Peter Eisentraut
peter_e@gmx.net
In reply to: Noname (#1)
Re: Maximum length for levenshtein algorithm

On 6/12/17 18:19, p.becker@the-library-code.de wrote:

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/fuzzystrmatch.html
Description:

While the documenation of the versions 9.5 and 9.6 states a maximum length
of 255 characters for the levenshtein algorithm's input, the documentation
of any previous version states a maximium of 255 bytes. I expect that this
hasn't change, but the documentation of older versions is wrong.

Yes, the older documentation was less correct.

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