On 1/3/23 19:14, Tom Lane wrote:
> Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 10:57 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> While I approve of trying to get some functionality in this area,
>>> I'm not sure that extending CAST is a great idea, because I'm afraid
>>> that the SQL committee will do something that conflicts with it.
>
>> I'm going off the spec that Vik presented in
>> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/f8600a3b-f697-2577-8fea-f40d3e18bea8@postgresfriends.org
>> which is his effort to get it through the SQL committee.
>
> I'm pretty certain that sending something to pgsql-hackers will have
> exactly zero impact on the SQL committee. Is there anything actually
> submitted to the committee, and if so what's its status?
I have not posted my paper to the committee yet, but I plan to do so
before the working group's meeting early February. Just like with
posting patches here, I cannot guarantee that it will get accepted but I
will be arguing for it.
I don't think we should add that syntax until I do get it through the
committee, just in case they change something.
--
Vik Fearing