Re: [HACKERS] Re: Trouble with float4 afterupgrading from 6.5.3 to 7.0.2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: vectro(at)pipeline(dot)com
Cc: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Romanenko Mikhail <mikhail(at)angg(dot)ru>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Trouble with float4 afterupgrading from 6.5.3 to 7.0.2
Date: 2000-08-07 18:57:39
Message-ID: 7292.965674659@sss.pgh.pa.us
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<vectro(at)pipeline(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a reason we can't perform the conversion and then copy the
> low-order bits manually, with some bit-shifting and masking?

*What* low-order bits? The fundamental problem is we don't have 'em.

regards, tom lane

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