Wait a second ... I just thought of a counterexample that destroys the
entire concept.  Consider the pattern 'A__B', which clearly is supposed
to match strings of four *characters*.  With the proposed patch in
place, it would match strings of four *bytes*.  Which is not the correct
behavior.

                        regards, tom lane

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