Re: BUG #4688: Bug in cache.

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Oleg <serovOv(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4688: Bug in cache.
Date: 2009-03-04 12:13:32
Message-ID: 49AE706C.2020200@enterprisedb.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>> If we go down that path, how far do we go? We also know that two enums
>> are never binary-compatible, right? Composite type and a user-defined
>> base type? Hardly, unless you're doing something very hacky...
>
>> Disallowing binary casts when any composite types or enums are involved
>> seems sane, but that's as far as we can go with a few lines of code.
>
> Arrays have embedded type OIDs too ...

I've committed a simple check, disallowing composite types, enums and
arrays in binary casts.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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