Re: DOMAINs and CASTs

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Jaime Casanova <jaime(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DOMAINs and CASTs
Date: 2011-11-29 15:37:38
Message-ID: 201111291537.pATFbcp25455@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >> What happened to this patch for casts on domains from June?
>
> > Well, if we apply this, it has the possibility to break existing
> > dumps.
>
> There's also the question of whether there's really much point.
> The whole question of what to do with casts on domains is hard,
> and I didn't think that thread made any progress towards defining
> better behavior. I'd just as soon leave things alone until we
> have an idea of what would be better.

OK, fine. That conclusion was not made in the original thread.

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