On Friday 31 October 2008 17:01:05 Kevin Grittner wrote:
> I notice there's no documentation yet. Do you have a reference to a
> good description of the feature, consistent with your implementation?
Documentation will need to be added, of course, but there isn't really a lot
to describe: you create the type and use it.
> If not, a couple questions:
>
> (1) Can you compare a literal of the base type?
No, unless you create additional casts or operators.
> (2) Can you explicitly cast to the base type?
There is an implicit AS ASSIGNMENT cast between the base type and the distinct
type in each direction.