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Tom Lane replied:
>>> Come on, really? Note that the above example works without casts if
>>> you use int *or* bigint *or* numeric, but not smallint. That could be
>>> fixed by causing sufficiently-small integers to lex as smallints,
>> Is there any general interest in adjusting smallint casting?
...
> It's conceivable that a change in the lexer behavior combined with a
> massive reorganization of the integer-related operators would bring us
> to a nicer place than where we are now. But it'd be a lot of work for
> dubious reward, and it would almost certainly generate a pile of
> application compatibility problems.
Okay, but what about a more targeted solution to the original
poster's problem? That seems doable without causing major
breakage elsewhere....
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