ons of the functions
        <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>PQconnectdbParams</CODE
>, <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>PQconnectStartParams</CODE
>,
        and <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>PQpingParams</CODE
> (Lionel Elie Mamane)
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        Allow the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.pgpass</TT
> file to include escaped characters
        in the password field (Robert Haas)
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        Make library functions use <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>abort()</CODE
> instead of
        <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTI