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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:22:01 +0000
Subject: Re: [pgjdbc/pgjdbc] issue #3940: BOOLEAN columns return Integer instead of Boolean in GraalVM native image
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apparently because ```in a GraalVM native image, those conversion paths appear to be unreachable (or the reflection metadata is missing), so the raw Integer (0/1) is returned instead.``` but I'm still curious why we return a bit.