[wp-hackers] post_status and post_type

[Rob]

Ryan Boren wrote:
> Owen Winkler wrote:
>> Ryan Boren wrote:
>>
>>> Behold the changeset of destruction.
>>>
>>> http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3510
>>>
>>
>> Curious on this one point:
>>
>> Why is post_type a varchar(100) and not an enum('post','page', 
>> 'attachment')?  Wouldn't that be faster?
>
> The varchar is used for portability and flexibility.  We might change 
> all occurences of enums to varchars.  Those porting WordPress to other 
> DBs curse our use of enums.
>
> Ryan
>
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Is this general advice, to be applied to plugins as well?

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