[CF-metadata] Add new integer types to CF?

From: Chris Barker <chris.barker>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:10:35 -0700

LGTM.

"One byte numeric data should be stored using the byte
>
or unsigned byte data type."
>


> It too is copied from CF 1.7, and I think its intent was to tell
> people to store 1-byte numeric data as type byte not type char.
> With that rationale, if the sentence was in 1.7 then
> it should probably be in 1.8,


yup --it's clear to me, and not annoyingly redundant.

The truth is that char type IS used a lot on old C code for numeric data.

-CHB



> although I'll go with
> the consensus.
>
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