On 2000-02-17, Jan Wieck mentioned:
> IMHO a value floating around should be kept NUMERIC or in
> it's string representation until it's finally clear where it
> is dropped (int2/4/8, float4/8, numeric or return to client).
Actually, the hierarchy float8, float4, numeric, int8, int4, int2 might
just be right. The standard specifies that float<x> + numeric = float<y>
(where perhaps x == y, not sure). On the other hand, it is also quite
clear that a constant of the form 123.45 is a numeric literal.
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