Re: Built-in casts for ltree

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Built-in casts for ltree
Date: 2005-01-25 07:45:22
Message-ID: 422.1106639122@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim C. Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> writes:
> contrib/ltree includes text2ltree and ltree2text functions, but no
> implicit casts. Is there any particular reason for this?

Implicit casts to or from text are evil.

regards, tom lane

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