Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check for ERANGE in exp() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check for ERANGE in exp()
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Msg-id 2847.1168138812@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check for ERANGE in exp()  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check for ERANGE in exp()  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom, on HPPA, does ERANGE get set for both overflow and underflow?  I
> assume only overflow.

Yeah, AFAICT exp() just returns zero for underflow cases.  I get

regression=# select exp(-2000);
ERROR:  value out of range: underflow

but I was getting that before your last patch, too.
        regards, tom lane


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