On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 10:42 PM, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com> wrote: > On Dec 17, 2011, at 7:40 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Well, I think that that's exactly the question here: if we do something >> in core, will it foreclose options for people who want to do add-ons? > > Why would it? They would just have to use a different name.
Yeah, exactly. Or for that matter, the same name in a different schema. And as for the question of text vs. binary, that's going to be two separate data types whether it gets done in core or elsewhere. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
