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On 14/12/2010 6.52, steve donovan wrote:
I'm also concerned about the performance implications - probably only one way to find out!
Yes. Apart from the (to-be-evaluated) cost, 100% back-compatibility is a definite plus; on the other hand, this is almost equivalent to adding another data type with slightly different behavior. I'm not sure if it could create more confusion than it solves, especially on beginners.
-- Enrico