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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net>
Cc: Joe Nelson <joe@begriffs.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: POC: rational number type (fractions)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 08:17:45 +0200
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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.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services





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