Re: Binary data type with other output method

[Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>]

Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> i'm in the need to create a boolean datatype which returns an integer
> instead of the usual 't'/'f'. Before anyone starts to point me at
> casts: it's a lot overhead to cast some hundred occurances beside the
> source of trouble, if you forget one.
>
>
>   
Do you really need a new datatype or just to change the output behaviour 
of the inbuilt type? That should be quite easy to do in just a few lines 
of code.

cheers

andrew