| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Roman Kononov <kononov195-pgsql(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] [BUGS] BUG #2846: inconsistent and |
| Date: | 2006-12-29 08:10:43 |
| Message-ID: | 29373.1167379843@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> This is *not* going in the right direction :-(
> Well, then show me what direction you think is better.
Fewer restrictions, not more. The thrust of what I've been saying
(and I think Roman too) is to trust in the hardware float-arithmetic
implementation to be right. Every time you add an additional "error
check" you are going in the wrong direction.
regards, tom lane
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