Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Is this something worth addressing?
Yes, but not when we're already overdue for beta. We've been around
on the question of type promotion rules several times, and no one has
yet put forward a solution that everyone else liked. I don't expect
to see a usable solution both proposed and implemented in the next
three weeks...
regards, tom lane