Re: Crash in gist insertion on pathological box data

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Cc: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Crash in gist insertion on pathological box data
Date: 2009-04-02 18:33:36
Message-ID: 13749.1238697216@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> writes:
> Look at the patch, it fixes the problem by comparing for equality by FPeq()
> macros which is used everywhere in geometry calculation.

Ick. FPeq() is a crock; I'd like to see us get rid of it, not spread it
even further. And what confidence do you have that this change
eliminates all forms of the problem, anyway?

regards, tom lane

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