Re: horo(r)logy test fail on solaris (again and solved)

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Match(dot)Grun(at)thomson(dot)com
Subject: Re: horo(r)logy test fail on solaris (again and solved)
Date: 2006-09-26 15:55:52
Message-ID: 45194D88.2080703@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
>
>> But the question is if the "-fast" flag is good for postgres. The -fast
>> flag sets "brutal" floating point optimization and some operation should
>> have less precision. Is possible verify that floating point operation
>> works well?
>>
>
> That's a pretty good way to guarantee that you'll break the datetime
> code.
>
>

! | @ 6 years | @ 5 years 12 mons 5 days 6 hours

Doesn't this look odd regardless of what bad results come back from the
FP library?

cheers

andrew

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