C comment: mention no doc for negative start of substring(text)

Also add URL to hackers discussion.

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Bruce Momjian 2024-03-26 12:27:41 -04:00
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commit e648e77e25
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@ -891,8 +891,9 @@ text_substring(Datum str, int32 start, int32 length, bool length_not_specified)
int32 E; /* end position */
/*
* SQL99 says S can be zero or negative, but we still must fetch from the
* start of the string.
* SQL99 says S can be zero or negative (which we don't document), but we
* still must fetch from the start of the string.
* https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/170905442373.643.11536838320909376197%40wrigleys.postgresql.org
*/
S1 = Max(S, 1);