On 9/3/07, Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to force this in tandem? Ie. when one of the keys
> > has to be quoted, the other is always quoted also? Because I'd
> > hate to see this:
> >
> >       wanted: elbow
> >       found: 'elbow '
> >
> > For simple cases like this one it's livable, but if the data gets
> > more complex, then comparing a raw string with a quoted one will
> > unnecessarily sprain people's brains.
>
> If string data was *always* quoted and numeric data never was (assuming
> it's really numeric), then most of the issues raised in this thread
> would go away.

Define string data and numeric data. :-)

IOW, is 0E0 string or numeric?

Yves

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