exp() versus the POSIX standard - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject exp() versus the POSIX standard
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Msg-id 582552.1591917752@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: exp() versus the POSIX standard  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: exp() versus the POSIX standard  (Emre Hasegeli <emre@hasegeli.com>)
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The POSIX standard says this about the exp(3) function:

    If x is -Inf, +0 shall be returned.

At least on my Linux box, our version does no such thing:

regression=# select exp('-inf'::float8);
ERROR:  value out of range: underflow

Does anyone disagree that that's a bug?  Should we back-patch
a fix, or just change it in HEAD?  Given the lack of user
complaints, I lean a bit towards the latter, but am not sure.

            regards, tom lane



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