stats=# select 10000*1000000000, 10000*1000000000::bigint;
?column? | ?column?
------------+----------------
1316134912 | 10000000000000
(1 row)

Shouldn't the first expression throw an error instead of rolling over
silently?

Version 7.4.2 if it matters...
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