Re: [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore
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Msg-id 18719.1307715605@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore  (Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>)
Responses Re: [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore
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Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org> writes:
> Looking at utils/adt/float.c, seems that some platforms also have
> other problems with the strtod() function. Maybe it's time to
> implement our own, without bugs and with proper handling for denormal
> float values?

I put this right about on par with the occasional suggestions that we
implement our own filesystem.  It's not our core competency and in the
end there is no value-add.  If you need to work with denormals, find
a platform that supports them better.
        regards, tom lane


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