On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 18:20 -0500, Robert Dewar wrote: > Laurent GUERBY wrote: > > > You keep saying "brain damage", but please if you see a better design > > (other than "forget about user range types" :), let us all know! > > Actually I think everyone agrees on what is appropriate here. it is > a matter of working out a clear view. I don't think there are any > real disagreements, just some communication and documentation issues. > (as well as making sure we don't lose conversions we need!) Actually, I don't think we have an agreement on whether or not TYPE_MIN_VALUE/TYPE_MAX_VALUE should cover the entire range of values that can be assigned to a particular object.
Most of the other stuff discussed so far is background material to that ultimate issue IMHO. Jeff