Re: Numeric patch to add special-case representations for < 8 bytes - Mailing list pgsql-patches

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Tom Lane schrieb am 02.03.2007 14:38:
> 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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I think multiplying with base 10 until it's a whole number, then saving
that exponent with it, that's how I understood it.

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