On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Peter Geoghegan <pe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 26 November 2012 00:24, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I remember this sort of thing un-fondly from my C++ days, but it >> doesn't make me like our current behavior any better. > > You can also make a constructor with a single argument "explicit", and > thereby prevent implicit conversions. So yes, C++ distinguishes > between > explicit, assignment, and implicit casting in a way that is, in broad > strokes, at least as sophisticated as PostgreSQL.
OK, I stand corrected. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
