Re: [PATCH] Fix float8 parsing of denormal values (on some platforms?)

Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>

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From: Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>

To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Cc: Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv@xs4all.nl>

Date: 2011-12-21T16:24:17Z

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float8-denormal-parsing.patch (text/x-patch) patch

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 18:21, Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org> wrote:
> I think the least invasive fix, as proposed by Jeroen, is to fail only
> when ERANGE is set *and* the return value is 0.0 or +/-HUGE_VAL.
> Reading relevant specifications, this seems to be a fairly safe
> assumption. That's what the attached patch does.

Oops, now attached the patch too.

Regards,
Marti