Jim,

From: "Jim Starkey"

> Martijn Tonies wrote:
>
> >Not having to run the clean-up procedure yourself is exactly
> >one of the reasons why temp-tables are, well, not "needed",
> >but surely very convinient.
> >
> >
> >
> I don't think it is a question of whether they are needed or not, but
> whether how much they're needed, especially when compared to other
> things on the plate.
>
> Personally, I think the priorities for developers should lean towards
> cleanup of the internal infrastructure before we add more external
> features. Things that I see are more important than temporary tables are:

--8<--

Although I agree with the house-cleaning, it's not what I read
from Ann's message. I read "why do we need them while we
can work around it".

If it's moved to "way later" on the roadmap, fine. If house
cleaning has the priority, fine. But just saying "we don't need
this or that 'cause we can easily work around by doing so and
so and so" strikes me as wrong.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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