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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: CREATE CAST requires immutable cast function?
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Msg-id 200209010245.g812j0b04425@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to CREATE CAST requires immutable cast function?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Perhaps there's a case for prohibiting volatile casts (as opposed to
> stable ones), but I don't really see it.  I'd prefer to just remove
> this restriction.  Comments?

Volatile casts can blow up.  I am sure that is the reasoning.  ;-)

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