On 02/17/2012 02:52 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
If we really believed that implicit casts any form were evil, we would have removed them entirely instead of trimming them back. I don't see why it's heretical to suggest that the 8.3 casting changes brought us to exactly that point in the universe where everything is perfect and nothing can be further improved; does anyone seriously believe that?
I don't believe we are necessarily at a perfect place, nor have I said it, nor has anyone else that I'm aware of. Neither am I opposed to implementing MySQL features (or doing them better) when appropriate.
But I do believe that a test for "intval like '1%'" is very likely to come from a broken design.
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