Re: encoding of PostgreSQL messages

Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:07:14AM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> And I'm now wondering if we should delay initializing the translation
>> stuff until after client_encoding has been reported.

> Or else

> - just don't pass those messages through gettext so they are
>   always in 7 bit ASCII English

What's the difference?  The user-visible result would be the same
AFAICS.  (One or the other might be less messy internally, but I'm
not sure which offhand.)

            regards, tom lane