Re: bytea vs. pg_dump

Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de> writes:
> --On Samstag, Juli 11, 2009 13:40:44 +0300 Peter Eisentraut 
> <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> OK, here is an updated patch.  It has the setting as enum, completed
>> documentation, and libpq support.  I'll add it to the commit fest in the
>> hope  that someone else can look it over in detail.

> I've attached a slightly edited patch which fixes a compiler warning in 
> encode.c, too.

I'm starting to look at this patch.  I observe that it's setting the
default output format to HEX.  If changing the default behavior was
agreed to, or even discussed, I do not remember where.  Shouldn't the
default stay the same?
        regards, tom lane