Re: [HACKERS] floating point representation

[Hiroshi Inoue]

I wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > > > Peter's idea of a SET variable to control float display format might > > not be a bad idea, but what if anything should pg_dump do with it? > > Maybe just crank the precision up a couple digits from the current > > defaults? > > > > Currently the precision of float display format is FLT_DIG(DBL_DIG). > It's not sufficent to distinguish float values. As Peter already suggested, > the quickest solution would be to change XXX_DIG constants to variables > and provide a routine to SET the variables. Strictly speaking the precision > needed to distigush float values seems OS-dependent. It seems preferable > to have a symbol to specify the precision. > The 7.1-release seems near. May I provide the followings ? SET FLOAT4_PRECISION TO .. SET FLOAT8_PRECISION TO .. Or must we postpone to fix it ? Regards, Hiroshi Inoue