Re: [HACKERS] money data type and conversions

> Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> >     * Remove Money type and make synonym for decimal(x,2)
> > 
> > What about the printing of currency symbol?
> 
> That's the one thing that the new types don't offer but that was often
> problematical anyway.  In fact, I even submitted a patch to cash.c to
> remove the currency symbol based on earlier discussions.  The only
> reason it wasn't added was that the type was supposed to be removed
> soon anyway.  Perhaps we should apply the patch anyway for now until
> it is removed.
> 

Not good to change behavour in a minor release if we can help it.

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