Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> While the new behavior seems fine -- and indeed convenient -- for GUCs
> that are numeric with a unit, it does not seem very nice at all for
> GUCs that are unitless integers.
I find that distinction to be entirely without merit; not least because
we also have unitless float GUCs. I think the fact that we have some
float and some integer GUCs is an implementation detail more than a
fundamental property --- especially since SQL considers integers
to be just the scale-zero subset of numerics. I recognize that your
opinion is different, but to me it seems fine as-is.
regards, tom lane