Re: pgsql: Avoid using platform-dependent floats in test case.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Avoid using platform-dependent floats in test case.
Date: 2016-10-26 13:42:03
Message-ID: 17832.1477489323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi> writes:
> Avoid using platform-dependent floats in test case.
> The number of decimals printed for floats varied in this test case, as
> noted by several buildfarm members. There's nothing special about floats
> and arrays in the code being tested, so replace the floats with numerics to
> make the output platform-independent.

Numerics aren't entirely platform-independent in Python, either,
cf prairiedog. Is it okay to use text?

regards, tom lane

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