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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Tue, 22 Nov 1994 17:16:42 MST
To: icon-group-l@cs.arizona.edu
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 23:01:55 GMT
From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Message-Id: <1994Nov22.230155.10114@kf8nh.wariat.org>
Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH
Sender: icon-group-request@cs.arizona.edu
References: <3aqp29$do0@cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu>, <3aspdf$ob3@highway.LeidenUniv.nl>, <3at317$qus@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Re: optional typing in Icon (longish)
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
Also sprach pmcnally@uoguelph.ca (Paul Mcnally) (<3at317$qus@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca>):
+---------------
| I think that records would be one of those instances where the types
| do not usually (should not ? ) change. In fact, the fact that
| there is no static typing in records makes icon a dubious choice in
| database applications. Any comments?
+------------->8
(1) I have some cases where I need to store variably-typed data in a single
column of a relational database table. I used a string and another table
table containing regexps defining the types... UGH!
(2) DON'T tell the above to the OO folks. I'm pretty sure OO keeps the type
with each object, like Icon does.
++Brandon
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Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH [44.70.4.88] bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
Linux development: iBCS2, JNOS, MH ~\U
Controlling application developers is like herding cats. --Oracle DBA Manual