Re: [HACKERS] floating point representationu

[Hiroshi Inoue]

Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > >From the first I don't want to change the current default > > > > output format > > > > "%." #FLT_DIG "g" (REAL) > > > > "%." #DBL_DIG "g" (DOUBLE PRECISION) > > > > for 7.1 because their changes would cause a regress > > > > test failure. > > > > > > But we run regress with the proper setting, right?> How does giving > > > people the ability to change the defaults affect the regression tests? > > > > > > > Hmm I'm afraid I'm misunderstanding your point. > > If the default float4(8) output format would be the > > same as current output format then we would have no > > problem with the current regress test. But there > > could be a choise to change default output format > > to have a large enough presision to distinguish > > float4(8). > > But are they going to change the default to run the regression tests? > How do they change it? in ~/.psqlrc? > Probably there's a misunderstanding between you and I but unfortunaltely I don't understand what it is in my poor English. Anyway in my plan(current format as default) there would be no problem with regress test at least for 7.1. Regards, Hiroshi Inoue