Re: Test improvements and minor code fixes for formatting.c. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Test improvements and minor code fixes for formatting.c.
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Msg-id 320335.1727363073@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Test improvements and minor code fixes for formatting.c.  (Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>)
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Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 08, 2024 at 05:32:16PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> In looking at this, I found that there's also no test coverage
>> for the EEEE, V, or PL format codes.  Also, the possibility of
>> overflow while converting an input value to int in order to
>> pass it to int_to_roman was ignored.  Attached is a patch that
>> adds more test coverage and cleans up the Roman-numeral code
>> a little bit.

> I stared at the patch for a while, and it looks good to me.

Pushed, thanks for looking!

>> BTW, I also discovered that there is a little bit of support
>> for a "B" format code: we can parse it, but then we ignore it.

> AFAICT it's been like that since it was introduced [0].  I searched the
> archives and couldn't find any discussion about this format code.  Given
> that, I don't have any concerns about removing it unless it causes ERRORs
> for calls that currently succeed, but even then, it's probably fine.  This
> strikes me as something that might be fun for an aspiring hacker, though.

Yeah, I left that alone for now.  I don't have much interest in
making it work, but perhaps someone else will.

            regards, tom lane



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