Re: POC: rational number type (fractions)

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, Joe Nelson <joe(at)begriffs(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: POC: rational number type (fractions)
Date: 2020-07-03 06:17:45
Message-ID: a89acf34-c2fe-cca6-43a1-0f0d0c3144ec@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2020-07-02 16:21, Stephen Frost wrote:
> I don't see where I was either proposing that we give up extensibility,
> or that we have to include every extension in the core code.

By the way, I have an extension that adds unsigned integer types. I
would argue that that is more frequently requested than a fractions
type. I'm not in favor of adding either to core, but just saying that
if we think this one should be added, we might be opening up the
floodgates a certain amount.

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