Re: power() function in Windows: "value out of range: underflow" - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: power() function in Windows: "value out of range: underflow"
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Msg-id 17878.1525272147@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: power() function in Windows: "value out of range: underflow"  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's probably true, but making dev, test, and production boxes
>> similar is generally good practice and users can do as much or as
>> little of it as they find they need in order to avoid getting burned.
>> They can't do anything about behavior changes we inject into minor
>> releases.

> ​+1; this doesn't seem clear-cut and important enough to deviate from the
> (for me) preferable position of leaving well-enough-alone in the back
> branches.

Well, I seem to be in the minority here, so unless additional people
chime in, I'll revert this in the back branches shortly.

            regards, tom lane


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