Re: [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Marti Raudsepp
Subject Re: [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore
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In response to Re: [BUG] Denormal float values break backup/restore  (Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv@xs4all.nl>)
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Hi, thanks for chiming in.

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 22:08, Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> AIUI that is defined to be a little vague, but includes denormalized numbers
> that would undergo any rounding at all.  It says that on overflow the
> conversion should return the appropriate HUGE_VAL variant, and set ERANGE.
>  On underflow it returns a reasonably appropriate value (and either may or
> must set ERANGE, which is the part that isn't clear to me).

Which standard is that? Does IEEE 754 itself define strtod() or is
there another relevant standard?

Regards,
Marti


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