Re: Patch: make behavior of all versions of the "isinf" function be similar

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Vitaly Burovoy <vitaly(dot)burovoy(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch: make behavior of all versions of the "isinf" function be similar
Date: 2016-02-01 07:49:47
Message-ID: CAB7nPqQ1LKbtbEb0LDzmoi3ukQ84k+FohE02s=HdQ3Vkf0xe7g@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> 1. I don't think the buildfarm is sufficient evidence to conclude that
> isinf.c is required nowhere. It was in use as late as 2004, judging
> by the git history, and I don't know of good reason to assume we do not
> need it now.
>

This was 12 years ago... Btw, after a bit of digging, I found out that even
SunOS 5.1 includes it:
http://www.unix.com/man-page/sunos/3m/isinf/
--
Michael

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