Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane wrote:
> I favor using IMPLICIT, which would make the syntax of CREATE CAST be
> 
>     CREATE CAST (sourcetype AS targettype)
>         WITH FUNCTION funcname (argtype)
>         [ AS ASSIGNMENT | IMPLICIT ]
>     
>     CREATE CAST (sourcetype AS targettype)
>         WITHOUT FUNCTION
>         [ AS ASSIGNMENT | IMPLICIT ]
> 
> Or possibly it should be AS IMPLICIT?

I think AS IMPLICIT would be better because we have other AS [var]
clauses.

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