On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 4:22 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > An example of the reasons not to treat these types as being > general-purpose strings can be seen at [1], where the "char" > type has acquired some never-intended cast behaviors. Taking > that to an extreme, we currently accept > > regression=# select '(1,2)'::point::"char"; > char > ------ > ( > (1 row)
What's wrong with that? -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
