[tarantool-patches] Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] sql: disallow use of TYPEOF in Check

[n.pettik]

> On 26 Mar 2019, at 13:59, Kirill Shcherbatov <kshcherbatov at tarantool.org> wrote:
> 
> Due to the fact that we are going to perform CHECKs validations
> on the server side, checks are performed on the fields with
> affinity

We don’t have ‘affinity’ anymore :)

> already applied that may differ with type of original
> data.

For instance, we have *super* type SCALAR. It may
contain values of different types. Using typeof function
we can restrict set of acceptable types.

Another example: until we introduce UNSIGNED type,
we can filter negative values with typeof function.

> After the introduction of static types, the need for type checks
> based on the CHECKs disappeared.
> 
> Needed for #3691

And why it is needed for #3691?
Now arguments are not convincing enough.