[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> As far as the general utility of it goes, I claim that it could be
> quite valuable. I am thinking of complex new datatypes (that might be
> dynamically loaded) that could benefit from having some run-time
> variables specify some aspect of their behavior. Currently, we have
> variables controlling the I/O of dates and times, for example.
> Something analogous would potentially be useful for other datatypes.
Consider it an encouragement to have your data types not duplicate any of
the various insane properties that date/time types have, imposed by the
real world.
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Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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