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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Numeric patch to add special-case representations for < 8 bytes
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Msg-id 2452.1172817491@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Numeric patch to add special-case representations for < 8 bytes  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> If we stored the digits in base 2 with a base 10 exponent would it really be
> too hard to output the digits?

Exact decimal fractions are no longer exact when converted to base 2.

            regards, tom lane

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