Re: [PATCH] Fix float8 parsing of denormal values (on some platforms?) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Marti Raudsepp
Subject Re: [PATCH] Fix float8 parsing of denormal values (on some platforms?)
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Msg-id CABRT9RDLx_Zs_zz2=vhH3L2h-20n9Rs5XskOsqoyfWj3tUbfdA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to [PATCH] Fix float8 parsing of denormal values (on some platforms?)  (Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Fix float8 parsing of denormal values (on some platforms?)  (Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org>)
Re: [PATCH] Fix float8 parsing of denormal values (on some platforms?)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 18:21, Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org> wrote:
> I think the least invasive fix, as proposed by Jeroen, is to fail only
> when ERANGE is set *and* the return value is 0.0 or +/-HUGE_VAL.
> Reading relevant specifications, this seems to be a fairly safe
> assumption. That's what the attached patch does.

Oops, now attached the patch too.

Regards,
Marti

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