Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees

From: Bear Giles <bgiles(at)coyotesong(dot)com>
To: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees
Date: 2015-10-26 22:41:03
Message-ID: CALBNtw6f=mgo701mOMJXQ41=G0VfVk7dHMh8emZgsTmAU5kixQ@mail.gmail.com
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Stupid question - is sin(3m) a call-through to the math coprocessor?​ It
probably only matters when doing a series of calculations (where the extra
guard bits can matter) and not when doing a simple one-time lookup but it
might be something to consider in regards to setting a precedent.

Bear

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