Re: Is PG a moving target?

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 09:09 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Ken Johanson wrote:
> > Is there anything now, or in the works, for compatibility emulation? For
> > example to setup my session to act like 8.2 and allow less-strict
> > typing.
>
> The best way to ensure 8.2 compatibility is to use 8.2.  But as casts are user
> definable, you can add back any casts you want.  Just don't add dozens of
> implicit casts and then come back here wondering why your application is
> behaving strangely. :)

As I understand it, it's tricky (or impossible) to get the 8.2 behavior
back just by adding/modifying casts.

If not, couldn't we just publish those casts so people can be backwards
compatible if they want?

Regards,
    Jeff Davis