Markus Schaber wrote:
It's not only about documenting the pure existence of the aliases (which
was already documented in the table on the datatype TOC page), it's also
about telling the user which of the names are the ones to avoid, and the
reasons to do so.
*blink* Why do any need to be avoided? What you use is a matter of
taste, and your organisation's coding standards. From a purely technical
POV I don't see any reason to avoid using either the canonical type
names or the various aliases.
cheers
andrew
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