"Naked" typecast functions?

Peter Sabaini <peter-Di7OsXwWAkqzZXS1Dc/[email protected]> Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:28:30 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.db.psycopg.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Is it possible to use the various typecasting functions of psycopg2 in a
non-implicit manner? AFAICT the typecasters get called automatically
depending on the parameters passed in to .execute(). Can I call those
typecasters without a cursor object? 

TIA,
peter.