Re: Postgres storing time in strange manner

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe(at)secureworks(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres storing time in strange manner
Date: 2002-09-16 17:44:14
Message-ID: 28803.1032198254@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> ISTM that at one time we had considered actively discriminating against
>> -ffast-math in CFLAGS in configure ... but I don't see any sign in
>> current sources that we make any attempt to remove -ffast-math from
>> environment-supplied CFLAGS. Peter, do you think that would be a
>> reasonable thing to do?

> Would it be possible to write a short test case that exhibits this
> behavior?

Not sure; apparently it depends on optimization level, so I'd be
hesitant to assume that any short test case would reliably expose
the problem. Also, aren't you trying to avoid run-time tests in
configure?

But if you prefer a run-time test, I'll see if I can cons one up.

regards, tom lane

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