Re: Enums again

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Kaare Rasmussen <kar(at)kakidata(dot)dk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Enums again
Date: 2005-11-08 07:59:58
Message-ID: 43705AFE.9070608@familyhealth.com.au
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> Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any conclusion. If I want to design
> an Open Source system now that may be in beta in three to six months and
> I'd like to use enums, is this a good place to look?

There's no way you're going to be using enums.

> I guess I'm wondering about the kit going into PgFoundry, being accepted
> in the main branch or being dropped. And the timeframe for all that.

Time frame is more like 18 months. The kit is also very rough - not
like a finished feature would be like at all. Plus, there's no
guarantee the feature would ever make it into postgres.

Just don't use enums - they're awful.

Chris

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