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in reply to Re^4: getting rid of special features
in thread getting rid of costly special features

the lack of portability that those features introduce becomes a problem on its own.

come on now, we're talking about autoincrement here, its as trivial as it gets

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Re^6: getting rid of special features
by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 17, 2013 at 16:58 UTC
      how is it special-cased, and how is it a problem, and a problem for translation?