Re: Range Types, constructors, and the type system

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> It's still not out of the question, but I thought that the intermediate
> type would be a less-intrusive alternative (and Robert seemed concerned
> about how intrusive it was).

I'm no great fan of our existing type system, and I'm not opposed to
trying to improve it.  However, I'm a bit wary of the theory that we
can just tweak X, Y, or Z and then everything will go more smoothly
for range types.  I fear that there will be knock-on consequences that
we'll spend a lot of time either (a) arguing about or (b) fixing.

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Robert Haas
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