Re: Add Boolean node

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Sascha Kuhl <yogidabanli(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add Boolean node
Date: 2021-12-27 10:15:00
Message-ID: CAFj8pRDSPoGuYKo5tHkaqBfJTRrc5fz9SZ+JW3=Ux1-Tgu0h3A@mail.gmail.com
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po 27. 12. 2021 v 11:08 odesílatel Sascha Kuhl <yogidabanli(at)gmail(dot)com>
napsal:

> Can that boolean node be cultural dependent validation for the value? By
> the developer? By all?
>

why?

The boolean node is not a boolean type.

This is an internal feature. There should not be any cultural dependency

Regards

Pavel

> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> schrieb am Mo., 27. Dez. 2021,
> 10:09:
>
>>
>>
>> po 27. 12. 2021 v 10:02 odesílatel Peter Eisentraut <
>> peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> napsal:
>>
>>>
>>> This patch adds a new node type Boolean, to go alongside the "value"
>>> nodes Integer, Float, String, etc. This seems appropriate given that
>>> Boolean values are a fundamental part of the system and are used a lot.
>>>
>>> Before, SQL-level Boolean constants were represented by a string with
>>> a cast, and internal Boolean values in DDL commands were usually
>>> represented by Integer nodes. This takes the place of both of these
>>> uses, making the intent clearer and having some amount of type safety.
>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>>

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