Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check for ERANGE in exp()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check for ERANGE in exp()
Date: 2007-01-07 03:00:12
Message-ID: 2847.1168138812@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom, on HPPA, does ERANGE get set for both overflow and underflow? I
> assume only overflow.

Yeah, AFAICT exp() just returns zero for underflow cases. I get

regression=# select exp(-2000);
ERROR: value out of range: underflow

but I was getting that before your last patch, too.

regards, tom lane

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