Re: SD1 - Short End Tags [fmt]

>> One reason against required types...
>
>Could be.  Definitely a reason to make sure they are 
>exhaustive within reason.  We hit this problem with 
>customization of SQL apps for different countries, 
>eg, Canada, specifically, Vancouver.

Right. I do not think is is possible to "exhaustively" list all the
variants (how do you handle the era calender of Japan?), which is
why some open-ended mechanism is needed.

Received on Thursday, 22 May 1997 10:03:04 UTC