Re: New version of money type

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
Cc: "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com, sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New version of money type
Date: 2006-09-29 03:23:30
Message-ID: 8919.1159500210@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim C. Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 05:19:47PM -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>> Well, it is already included. The current proposal is simply to
>> improve the existing type. I guess you are arguing a different
>> proposal altogether - to remove the existing type.

> The existing type is depricated and has been since at least 8.1; so yes,
> it's slated for removal.

Well, my perception of that has always been "it needs to be upgraded or
removed". So if D'Arcy wants to work on the improvement angle, I have
no problem with him doing so. The thing we need to negotiate is "how
much improvement is needed to keep it in core".

regards, tom lane

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