Our code had:
if (c == '\\' && cstate->line_buf.len == 0) The problem with that is the because of the input and _output_ buffering, cstate->line_buf.len could be zero even if we are not on the first character of a line. In fact, for a typical line, it is zero for all characters on the line. The proper solution is to introduce a boolean, first_char_in_line, that we set as we enter the loop and clear once we process a character. I have restructured the line-reading code in copy.c by: o merging the CSV/non-CSV functions into a single function o used macros to centralize and clarify the buffering code o updated comments o renamed client_encoding_only to encoding_embeds_ascii o added a high-bit test to the encoding_embeds_ascii test for performance o in CSV mode, allow a backslash followed by a non-period to continue being processed as a data value There should be no performance impact from this patch because it is functionally equivalent. If you apply the patch you will see copy.c is much clearer in this area now and might suggest additional optimizations. I have also attached a 8.1-only patch to fix the CSV \. handling bug with no code restructuring.
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