Re: [PATCHES] guc

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Liam Stewart <liams(at)redhat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] guc
Date: 2002-01-18 05:21:02
Message-ID: 4426.1011331262@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Actually, I just took a peak into include/utils/geo_decls.h, and the
> definiton of EPSILON at the top leaves me to think that printing out
> anything more than 6 significant digits is nonsense anyway. Numerical
> analysts would probably shudder.

Indeed. Does that mean you'd be happy with restricting the number of
digits printed for geometrical types only?

regards, tom lane

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