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From tgl@svr1.postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql: Re-allow an untyped literal as the test expression of a CASE, ie
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Msg-id 20050112173237.7329E3A5D1A@svr1.postgresql.org
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Re-allow an untyped literal as the test expression of a CASE, ie
CASE 'a' WHEN 'a' THEN 1 ELSE 2 END.  This worked in 7.4 and before
but had been broken due to premature freezing of the type of the test
expression.  Per gripe from G�bor Sz�cs.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/parser:
        parse_expr.c (r1.178 -> r1.179)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c.diff?r1=1.178&r2=1.179)

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