Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues

Tom Lane wrote:
> We've been discussing this stuff in fits and starts for months now, but
> nothing satisfactory has been arrived at. I've concluded that part of
> the problem is that we are trying to force the system's behavior into
> a model that is too limiting: we need more than an implicit/explicit cast
> distinction. Accordingly, I suggest we bite the bullet and make it happen.
> (Note that I've resigned myself to having to do an initdb for 7.3beta2.)

I was reading my backlog of email and thinking, "Oh, things are shaping
up well", then I hit this message. Let me try to collect open items
tomorrow and get a plan together. I have caught up on my email. I am
heading to bed.

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