exp() versus the POSIX standard

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: exp() versus the POSIX standard
Date: 2020-06-11 23:22:32
Message-ID: 582552.1591917752@sss.pgh.pa.us
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The POSIX standard says this about the exp(3) function:

If x is -Inf, +0 shall be returned.

At least on my Linux box, our version does no such thing:

regression=# select exp('-inf'::float8);
ERROR: value out of range: underflow

Does anyone disagree that that's a bug? Should we back-patch
a fix, or just change it in HEAD? Given the lack of user
complaints, I lean a bit towards the latter, but am not sure.

regards, tom lane

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