On 3 Feb 2010, at 11:12 , Albert Cervera i Areny wrote: > > A Dimecres, 3 de febrer de 2010, Xavier (Open ERP) va escriure: >> xmo >> ------------------------------ >> It's OK for me not to provide to_* features. >> For the money type why not, it can even be stored in a numeric entry in >> database. For my point of view one of the big advantage of money type >> would be to be able to set a uniform quantize policy (may be it may be set >> in a field parameter) in term of reading and writing money, this should >> be also be true in term of end user widget. >> On other point with the numerical widget will be to thing of the >> different available way to input the data because python Decimal support >> a lot of string input. > IMHO a Money type is not the way to go. After all, one may want/need to avoid > the issues brought by float type in other cases, not only when working with > money. > As I already pointed out on the blueprint (is it dead? Was it deleted? I can't reach it anymore), having a money type doesn't preclude from having a decimal one (the money type can be independent from or a subtype of the decimal one), and it's a common pattern to implement money-specific operations (quantize policies, or custom monetary widgets in the clients, which Nicolas pointed out on the blueprint)
> On the PostgreSQL side, the money type doesn't receive the same attention > other types receive. See, for example the TODO items for money type: > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#MONEY_Data_Type > Interesting. Then again, the money type could be solely a python-side detail, backed by a generic Numeric db column. -- Xavier Morel Developper OpenERP - Tiny SPRL Chaussee de Namur, 40 B-1367 Gerompont Tel: +32.81.81.37.00 Web: http://www.tiny.be Web: http://www.openerp.com Planet: http://www.openerp.com/planet/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-expert-framework Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-expert-framework More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
