Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 14:28, David G. Johnston > <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> To assist developers in avoiding the writing of buggy queries. > Amazing how many of these developers find this a hindrance. If only > they could see how helpful we're being to them. People don't generally post to the lists after a type-mismatch error catches a typo for them. So it's pretty hard to tell about "how many" developers would find one behavior more useful than the other. It is safe to say, though, that the same developer complaining today might have their bacon saved tomorrow. regards, tom lane