Re: pgsql: Have numeric 0 ^ 4.3 return 1, rather than an error, and have 0 ^

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Have numeric 0 ^ 4.3 return 1, rather than an error, and have 0 ^
Date: 2008-05-08 22:18:00
Message-ID: 200805082218.m48MI0E19032@momjian.us
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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 19:25 +0000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Have numeric 0 ^ 4.3 return 1, rather than an error, and have 0 ^ 0.0
> > return 1, rather than error.
>
> A regression test for this behavior would be useful, I think.

Done, plus I wasn't happy with the original patch so I redid it to be
more modular, also attached.

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