Maxim Orlov <orlovmg@gmail.com> writes:
> I tend to agree with you here about the semantics of such casts. But
> consistency and "predictability" of
> behaviour for the casts are a bit more important in my view. At least,
> based on my experience. So, I'm
> for 0002 patch.
OK. Nobody has spoken against the 0001 patch (replace errors with
return-a-null), so I think I'll go ahead and commit that one.
Then I'll return to this thread with a fleshed-out patch for 0002.
regards, tom lane
