(Glorp) what does #newAttributeNamed:type: do?

Hi

Im building a descriptor system with Glorp and the classModelForCLASSNAME.
For a DirectMapping i usually use somehting like:

aClassModel newAttributeNamed: #anAttribute.

Ive noticed that i may also say:

aClassModel newAttributeNamed: #anAttribute type: Integer.

I assumed that this would specify that anAttribute is an instance variable
of type Integer. The corresponding field in the DB table is a float. When
loading the object from the DB, the instance variable anAttribute is still
loaded as a float. My question is what is the point of #newAttribute:type:?

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