Re: MySQL Compatibility WAS: 8.5 release timetable, again

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MySQL Compatibility WAS: 8.5 release timetable, again
Date: 2009-08-27 00:24:00
Message-ID: 25012.1251332640@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> Actually it always bothered me that we don't have implicit casts from
> integer->boolean. I can't see any ambiguity or unintentional effects
> this would cause problems with. Am I missing something?

Personally, as an old Pascal-lover, I always thought that C's failure
to distinguish between int and boolean was the single biggest design
mistake in the language. I'm very glad that SQL doesn't make that
mistake, and I don't want to go against the standard to introduce it.

regards, tom lane

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