On Thursday, July 13, 2017, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Maybe we can hack ruleutils to use
> the CAST syntax only in this specific context.
>
Given the lack of complaints, and ubiquity of ::, this would seem ideal
and sufficient. While there is something to be said for using standard
compliant syntax changing just this like doesn't seem like it would move
the goalposts meaningfully.
David J.