Re: WIP: rewrite numeric division

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: WIP: rewrite numeric division
Date: 2007-07-17 15:21:05
Message-ID: 23687.1184685665@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at> writes:
> Please, let's revisit this, and not postpone it without further
> discussion. I never knew about the correctness issues in div_var(), but
> since I know about it, I feel I am just waiting until that problem will
> hit me or anyone else.

Yeah. I was basically waiting to see if anyone could come up with a
faster solution. Since no one seems to have an idea how to do it
better, I'm inclined to apply the patch for 8.3.

regards, tom lane

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