On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:37 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> wrote:
> It's more convenient to carry the type information with the verifier itself,
> in backend code, in pg_dump, etc. Sure, you could have a separate "transfer"
> text format that has the prefix, and strip it out when the datum enters the
> system. But it is even simpler to have only one format, with the prefix, and
> use that everywhere.
I see your point.
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