Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 6:09 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Allow to_timestamp(float8) to convert float infinity to timestamp infinity.
> Some of the tests introduced are making MSVC unhappy, because they
> depend on the three-digit behavior that Windows is using, leading to
> those failures:
Ah, I was wondering about that. The patch as-submitted used "%lf" which
seemed even less likely to be portable, but evidently %g isn't that much
better.
> If the those tests are kept, an alternate output file is necessary (I
> can send a patch if needed, I see the failure locally as well).
I'm inclined to just drop the out-of-range test cases. They're not that
useful IMO, and alternate expected-files are a real PITA for maintenance.
regards, tom lane
