Re: [PATCH] PostgreSQL fails to build with 32bit MinGW-w64

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Mark Cave-Ayland <mark(dot)cave-ayland(at)siriusit(dot)co(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PostgreSQL fails to build with 32bit MinGW-w64
Date: 2011-12-14 18:13:32
Message-ID: 11043.1323886412@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Uh, wow. That really is pretty insane. How is anyone supposed to
> write sensible code around that non-API?

Usability seems to be very low on the gcc project's list of goals
these days.

Personally I think this sort of thing might be fine if it were triggered
by -ffast-math or something like that. But as a default behavior it's
entirely ridiculous.

regards, tom lane

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