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Re: Motion 6



On 2009-09-15 19:48:38 -0700, G. William (Bill) Walster wrote:
> There are good reasons for interval data types to be opaque.  This
> means that the internal representation of an interval should only be
> accessible through intrinsic functions supplied with the given
> language support for interval data types.

Motion 6 doesn't deal with the internal representation. Or perhaps
you mean infsup vs midrad?

How about a different motion that would generalize Motion 6 to
support midrad and other interval sets? (But some concepts, such
as the tightest FF-interval, would no longer exist.)

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