Re: [HACKERS] Decimal64 and Decimal128

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Feng Tian <ftian(at)vitessedata(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Decimal64 and Decimal128
Date: 2018-11-12 23:53:21
Message-ID: 10153.1542066801@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2018-11-13 00:01:49 +0100, David Fetter wrote:
>> So if this got added to a lot of compilers, that might suffice.

> No, unless those compiler versions will automatically be available in
> older distros. Which they won't.

Yeah. I think putting this in core is a long way off. Maybe somebody
will write an extension instead.

regards, tom lane

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