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We use boost::any to convert to and from database values (stored in serlialized form) and native C++ values. boost::any captures information about the data type (how to copy/move/delete etc.) and stores it inside the boost::any instance. We later retrieve the real value using boost::any_cast. However, data_value (which has a boost::any member) already has type information as a data_type instance. By teaching data_type intances about the corresponding native type, we can elimiante the use of boost::any. While boost::any is evil and eliminating it improves efficiency somewhat, the real goal is growing native type support in data_type. We will use that later to store native types in the cache, enabling O(log n) access to collections, O(1) access to tuples, and more efficient large blob support.