Re: [BUGS] BUG #2846: inconsistent and confusing handling of underflows,

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Roman Kononov <kononov195-pgsql(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2846: inconsistent and confusing handling of underflows,
Date: 2006-12-27 23:26:47
Message-ID: 25525.1167262007@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Roman Kononov <kononov195-pgsql(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> In float4mul() and float4div(), the computation should be double precision.

Why? It's going to have to fit in a float4 eventually anyway.

regards, tom lane

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