I would just choose a far-future date as the value for the constant NEVER. Then to check for deletion/expiry, just compare against NEVER.
Aleksi Yrttiaho
That would be year in the 8099.
GaryF
The possible issue with that is if you’re doing any range or ordering operations then having a large but real value may do something unexpected.
Bombe
Noooooo! Don’t use a future date! Haven’t you learned anything from Y2k or SpamAssassin? :(
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