Re: Possible bug?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>, Ilir Gashi <I(dot)Gashi(at)city(dot)ac(dot)uk>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Possible bug?
Date: 2004-07-02 13:56:18
Message-ID: 200407021556.18554.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Donnerstag, 1. Juli 2004 23:10 schrieb Tom Lane:
> Right. The reason PG doesn't error is that we have an implicit cast
> from integer to text. I've opined before that we should mark most
> cross-type-category casts as explicit-only ... they are just too prone
> to give unexpected answers, as in this case.

It seems we're just opining in circles. Why not do it? Is anyone objecting?

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