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From darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Subject Re: [HACKERS] A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd)
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In response to A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd)  (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>)
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Thus spake The Hermit Hacker
>     I added this to the contrib directory for the server,  but am
> wondering if anyone feels that this just might be useful as a "normal"
> datatype, instead of just in the contrib directory...

I have always thought that this would be useful.  Perhaps we should have
a "Would be nice if we had it" list of datatypes to see if anyone would
like to implement some.  How's this for starters?

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