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    Add a public API to allow users to specify column types · 65c33009
    Sean Griffin 提交于
    As a result of all of the refactoring that's been done, it's now
    possible for us to define a public API to allow users to specify
    behavior. This is an initial implementation so that I can work off of it
    in smaller pieces for additional features/refactorings.
    
    The current behavior will continue to stay the same, though I'd like to
    refactor towards the automatic schema detection being built off of this
    API, and add the ability to opt out of automatic schema detection.
    
    Use cases:
    
    - We can deprecate a lot of the edge cases around types, now that there
      is an alternate path for users who wish to maintain the same behavior.
    - I intend to refactor serialized columns to be built on top of this
      API.
    - Gem and library maintainers are able to interact with `ActiveRecord`
      at a slightly lower level in a more stable way.
    - Interesting ability to reverse the work flow of adding to the schema.
      Model can become the single source of truth for the structure. We can
      compare that to what the database says the schema is, diff them, and
      generate a migration.
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