Re: floating point representation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: floating point representation
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Msg-id 200102191654.LAA03807@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: floating point representation  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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> Hiroshi Inoue writes:
> 
> > The 7.1-release seems near.
> > May I provide the followings ?
> >     SET FLOAT4_PRECISION TO ..
> >     SET FLOAT8_PRECISION TO ..
> 
> I'd prefer names that go with the SQL type names:
> 
> REAL_FORMAT
> DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT
> 
> Seems a bit tacky, but a lot of work has been put in to make these names
> more prominent.

TODO updated:
* Add SET REAL_FORMAT and SET DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT using printf args

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