"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think it's also important to protect for the possibility of a more
> complete (and probably incompatible) type in the future, such as one
> that stores what currency a value is in.

Well, such a type could be called "currency", "cash", "forex" or several
other possibilities, so I don't see any particular argument that "money"
has to be removed before something better can exist.  The tightrope that
D'Arcy has to walk is different: improving "money" without making it so
incompatible as to break existing apps that use it.

> Hrm... does ANSI say anything about money types?

No.

                        regards, tom lane

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