Re: Adding "numeric" type hint

Hi Arvids, On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Arvids Godjuks <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com> wrote: > Stop trying to fix clever idiots from shooting themselves in the foot. The >> standard result from these actions is to make life a pain for regular or >> better programmers while only adding mild speed bumps to those clever >> idiots. >> >> Things like a numeric type will only encourage the clever idiots to write >> half broken code. >> > > Hello, just want to chip in. > > I use "INT UNSIGNED" for the MySQL primary keys since ages, because > negative primary keys make no sense. Well, mostly ID's for the records > actually can stay strings, but I will have to remember to use a string type > hint every time I pass a record ID. I expect a lot of times to forget that > and write int... > I was bitten a few times by the limits of 32 bit integer sizes too (moved > to a 64 bit server that time), but there are also unsigned 64 bit integers > that can and will be used in math operations and passed around. And we > don't have the "unsigned int". > Use of unsigned int8 for ID makes sense almost always if database supports it. I may do such mistake even if I know I should use "string" (or "numeric") for record IDs once I start using type hints. Okay, we have GMP. I will have to use it. But let me just ask - if I work > with a DB handling 64 bit integers (all I know handle them) or use a > DECIMAL field - automaticly use GMP then? Oh gosh.... > I'm planning to introduce type affinity like SQLite. Then appropriate types for the value may be used automatically/semi-automatically. It's good for both security and performance. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net