Re: Inconsistent casts - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Inconsistent casts
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0209131914450.14440-100000@cm-lcon1-46-187.cm.vtr.net
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In response to Inconsistent casts  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut dijo: 

> Since almost every cast to "text" is implicit, then I believe so should
> 
> inet -> text
> macaddr -> text
> int4 -> varchar
> int8 -> varchar
> 
> which are currently not.

Also, some casts seem to be missing; numeric -> text, for example.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
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