Re: [PATCH] automatic integer conversion

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> Please note that I'm not saying that fixing that issue means the patch
> is acceptable. Personally I'm not sure that this is a worthy goal you
> are pursuing here. Wouldn't it be a good idea to propose the feature
> first and write the code later?

Indeed. For starters, if we are going to try to provide serious
support in libpq for binary-format parameters, it probably ought to
cover more than just integers. OTOH, I think we've already seen
where that line of thought leads, and it looks pretty ugly too:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-12/msg00014.php

Anyway, I'd like to see a design discussion about what any libpq API
changes in this area ought to look like, rather than having it be
determined by who can submit the quickest-and-dirtiest patch.

regards, tom lane