Re: Catching missing Datum conversions

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Catching missing Datum conversions
Date: 2021-11-29 15:05:28
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYz6pjb0aOU7A=MBYt4BVjnUmHg7J_Soc823rV559LLNQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 7:55 PM Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> When reviewing a recent patch, I missed a place where Datum was being
> converted to another type implicitly (ie without going though a
> DatumGetXXX() macro). Thanks to Jeff for fixing that (commit
> b538c90b), but I was curious to see if I could convince my compiler to
> tell me about that sort of thing.

This is a very easy mistake to make, so if you ever feel like
returning to this topic in earnest, I think it could be a worthwhile
expenditure of time.

--
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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