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Re: min() and NaN

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan@nsd.ca>, "Michael S. Tibbetts" <mtibbetts@head-cfa.cfa.harvard.edu>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-07-22T01:34:43Z
Lists: pgsql-sql 
Is this a TODO?

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan@nsd.ca> writes:
> > If a compare with NaN is always false, how about rewriting it as:
> > result = ((arg1 < arg2) ? arg2 : arg1).
> 
> That just changes the failure mode.
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 
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