Subject: Re: POC: rational number type (fractions)
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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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