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Re: GiST for range types (was Re: Range Types - typo + NULL string constructor)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-11-02T19:48:22Z
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On 01.11.2011 06:33, Jeff Davis wrote:
>> +       else if (lower1.infinite || upper1.infinite)
>> +               length1 = 1.0/0.0;

> That seems wrong. I take it that the point is to set length1 to infinity?

Please use get_float[48]_infinity() or get_float[48]_nan(), as
appropriate (I think the latter may be intended here), rather than
making up your own way of getting those values.

			regards, tom lane