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[Sergei Golubchik <serg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Alexander!

On Jul 05, Alexander Barkov wrote:
> >
> > I thought you'll make real_type() methods to return MYSQL_TYPE_xxx
> > values, not MYSQL_TYPE_xxx2 values. Why wouldn't that work?
> 
> I did not even consider it.
> This is my understanding of the things:
> 
> Field::type() is responsible for behaviour (interaction with Items).
> It's OK to return MYSQL_TYPE_xxx here for the MySQL56 date types.
> 
> Field::real_type() is responsible for low level format, and
> is used to check binary compatibility between fields.

Hmm. Then, considering your many uses of real_type_to_type() and
is_timestamp_type(), I'd say that the our code seems to use
Field::real_type() too much, even when one should've used Field::type().

But ok, that's an issue for another day.

The patch is ok.

Regards,
Sergei