e752a2ccc9
While fixing the base32hex UUID sortability test in commit
89210037a0, it turned out that the expected lexicographical order is
only maintained under the C collation (or an equivalent byte-wise
collation). Natural language collations may employ different rules,
breaking the sortability.
This commit updates the documentation to explicitly state that
base32hex is "byte-wise sortable", ensuring users do not fall into the
trap of using natural language collations when querying their encoded
data.
Co-Authored-by: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAD21AoAwX1D6baSGuQXm0mzPXPWB07kgaoaaahjNHHenbdY24A@mail.gmail.com
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