| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: floating point representation |
| Date: | 2001-02-19 16:54:48 |
| Message-ID: | 200102191654.LAA03807@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Hiroshi Inoue writes:
>
> > The 7.1-release seems near.
> > May I provide the followings ?
> > SET FLOAT4_PRECISION TO ..
> > SET FLOAT8_PRECISION TO ..
>
> I'd prefer names that go with the SQL type names:
>
> REAL_FORMAT
> DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT
>
> Seems a bit tacky, but a lot of work has been put in to make these names
> more prominent.
TODO updated:
* Add SET REAL_FORMAT and SET DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT using printf args
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