| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alexey Bashtanov <bashtanov(at)imap(dot)cc> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Ilya Bashtanov <bashtanov(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Timetz comparison |
| Date: | 2018-05-25 22:33:05 |
| Message-ID: | 18049.1527287585@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Alexey Bashtanov <bashtanov(at)imap(dot)cc> writes:
> Comparison of timetz values looks a bit weird to me, as
> '22:00+02'::timetz > '21:00+01'::timetz.
Perhaps, but I don't think there's a reasonable case for considering
them equal, either. In the other places where obviously-different
values compare equal, such as zero versus minus zero in IEEE floats,
it's widely understood as a gotcha.
> What's the problem with these values to be considered equal?
> Backward compatibility? Hash algorithms?
Even if you'd made a case why we should consider them equal,
those would be very good reasons not to change behavior that's
stood for 17 years.
regards, tom lane
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