Re: Decimal64 and Decimal128 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: Decimal64 and Decimal128
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In response to Decimal64 and Decimal128  (Feng Tian <ftian@vitessedata.com>)
Responses Re: Decimal64 and Decimal128  (Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>)
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Feng Tian <ftian@vitessedata.com> wrote:
> Here is an extension for 64 and 128 bit decimal types using IEEE decimal
> floating point.  The original idea/implementation is from
> http://pgxn.org/dist/pgdecimal/1.0.0/

Interesting. A default B-Tree operator class for the decimal types
would be nice.

I would worry about the implicit casts you've added. They might cause problems.

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Peter Geoghegan



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