With no conclusion on this, I have added a TODO item:
* Add NUMERIC division operator that doesn't round?
Currently NUMERIC _rounds_ the result to the specified precision.
This means division can return a result that multiplied by the
divisor is greater than the dividend, e.g. this returns
Have we made any decision on whether the old/new NUMERIC %(mod) code was
correct, and now to handle rounding? Should we offer a non-rounding
division operator for NUMERIC?
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Paul Tillotson wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> No, I don't think so. It doesn't seem to be something that enough
> >> people use to risk the change in behavior --- it might break something
> >> that was working. But, if folks want it backported we can do it. It is
> >
