Re: numeric/decimal docs bug? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jan Wieck
Subject Re: numeric/decimal docs bug?
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Msg-id 200204131650.g3DGoMs08607@saturn.janwieck.net
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In response to Re: numeric/decimal docs bug?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > >  Having seen zero reports of any numeric
> > > failures since we installed it, and seeing it takes >10x times longer
> > > than the other tests, I think it should be paired back.  Do we really
> > > need 10 tests of each complex function?  I think one would do the trick.
> >
> > A good point tho, I didn't submit a regression test that tries to ALTER 3
> > different non-existent tables to check for failures - one test was enough...
>
> That was my point.  Is there much value in testing each function ten
> times.  Anyway, seems only I care so I will drop it.
   Yes  there  is  value  in it. There is conditional code in it   that depends on the values. I wrote that before (I
saidthere   are  possible  carry, rounding etc. issues), and it looked to   me that you simply ignored these facts.
 


Jan

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