BUG #18977: Unexpected result of function to_char

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Subject: BUG #18977: Unexpected result of function to_char
Date: 2025-07-03 13:23:12
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 18977
Logged by: Chi Zhang
Email address: 798604270(at)qq(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 18beta1
Operating system: ubuntu 24.04 with docker
Description:

hi,
the following two queries are equivalent but return different results:
```
SELECT ((to_char(-1E30, '0.9930824')));
to_char
------------
-#.##3#824
(1 row)
PREPARE prepare_query (float8) AS SELECT ((to_char($1, '0.9930824')));
EXECUTE prepare_query(-1E30::float8);
to_char
---------
-#.
```
furthermore, it seems the second argument of to_chat is formatted, but
according to the document in
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-formatting.html, it should
be the first argument to be formatted

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