Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add trigonometric functions that work in degrees.

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add trigonometric functions that work in degrees.
Date: 2016-04-26 15:43:16
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYpiheN3ffXNonMF83wHNDgQSLVxBOYc6ZW-rCTW5quLg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> The next time somebody proposes that we can get exact results out of
>>> floating-point arithmetic, I'm going to run away screaming.
>
>> And you wonder why I avoid floating point variables like the plague...!
>
> Float variables are fine for their intended use-case. The problem is
> with trying to guarantee identical results across all platforms.

Yeah, yeah... :-)

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Robert Haas
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