On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 11:32 +0200, Florian Pflug wrote:
> Looking at the patch, I noticed that it's possible to specify the default
> boundaries ([], [), (] or ()) per individual float type with the
> DEFAULT_FLAGS clause of CREATE TYPE .. AS RANGE. I wonder if that doesn't
> do more harm then good - it makes it impossible to deduce the meaning of
> e.g. numericrange(1.0, 2.0) without looking up the definition of numericrange.
> 
> I suggest we pick one set of default boundaries, ideally '[)' since that
> is what all the built-in canonization functions produce, and stick with it.

That sounds reasonable to me. Unless someone objects, I'll make the
change in the next patch.

Regards,
        Jeff Davis


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