Re: Implicit casts to text - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Implicit casts to text
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Msg-id 9855.1175620259@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Implicit casts to text  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Implicit casts to text  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Re: Implicit casts to text  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> FWIW, is the attached patch about what you had in mind?  (It probably only 
> covers "normal" types at the moment.)

Hm, I hadn't realized that it would take as little work as that ...
I have an itchy feeling that you missed something but I'm not sure
what.

One thing I had wanted to do is take out the existing functions and
pg_cast entries that are effectively just providing hard-wired
equivalents to this, but that's merely housekeeping.
        regards, tom lane


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