Re: Avoiding roundoff error in pg_sleep()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Avoiding roundoff error in pg_sleep()
Date: 2025-09-25 19:44:34
Message-ID: 3885977.1758829474@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The patch looks good except that (places tongue firmly in cheek) it
> will cause problems for users who want to sleep for more than 150,000
> years.

We will all be safely dead before the first such bug report ;-)

regards, tom lane

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