Re: Ryu floating point output patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Gierth
Subject Re: Ryu floating point output patch
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Msg-id 87lg3ghhtq.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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In response to Re: Ryu floating point output patch  (Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>)
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>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> writes:

 Andrew> 4. Passes regression tests

 Andrew> Well, almost. I missed a contrib module, and there's some
 Andrew> issues with rounding and subnormal values on Windows that I
 Andrew> need to track down.

This should fix all the known issues.

This does make one significant change to the algorithm: it will no
longer return the exact midpoint between two values (thereby relying on
the reader to get the correct rounding direction). This gains
portability without compromising the performance (which is not affected
by the change).

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)


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