Re: Call for platforms (HP-UX)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Giles Lean <giles(at)nemeton(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Call for platforms (HP-UX)
Date: 2001-04-07 05:32:15
Message-ID: 10790.986621535@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Giles Lean <giles(at)nemeton(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> I'm not sure how interesting these differences are anymore -- is there
> anyone familiar enough with floating point to determine if the results
> are acceptable (although currently unexpected :-) or not?

Differences in the last couple of decimal places in the geometry test
are definitely not a cause for worry. Although we've tried to create
exact-match reference files for the most popular platforms, I think
that's largely an exercise in time-wasting. Eventually we will figure
out a way to make the geometry output round off a few digits, and then
the cross-platform differences should mostly vanish.

regards, tom lane

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