Re: Make Windows print float exponents like everybody else?

Hi,

On 2018-10-09 18:00:54 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> I can't believe I got no comments about this, so reposting it under
> a more attention-getting title ...
> 
> In https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/29037.1539021687@sss.pgh.pa.us
> I wrote:
> 
> > Also, we have quite a few variant expected-files that exist only to cater
> > for Windows' habit of printing three exponent digits where everybody else
> > prints just two.  It struck me that it would not be hard, or expensive,
> > to undo that choice in snprintf.c (see attached untested patch).  So we
> > could considerably reduce future maintenance pain for the affected tests
> > by getting rid of those files.
> >
> > As against that, Windows users might possibly complain that float output
> > looks different than they're used to.  I'm not sure how much sympathy
> > I have for that position.  If we reimplement float output for more speed,
> > as is under discussion in nearby threads, I doubt we'd trouble to preserve
> > this Windows-ism in the rewrite.
> >
> > Comments?

No pushback here. Lower likelihood of turning the buildfarm red, lower
likelihood of being embarrased. Good. ;)

Greetings,

Andres Freund