Re: Question to datatype.sgml

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Question to datatype.sgml
Date: 2019-12-30 02:07:36
Message-ID: 20191230.110736.1393438990550013054.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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> On 30/12/2019 01:34, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you please someone elaborate what's the meaning of "even" in
>> datatype.sgml?
>>
>> <para>
>> By default, floating point values are output in text form in their
>> shortest precise decimal representation; the decimal value produced is
>> closer to the true stored binary value than to any other value
>> representable in the same binary precision. (However, the output value is
>> currently never <emphasis>exactly</emphasis> midway between two
>> representable values, in order to avoid a widespread bug where input
>> routines do not properly respect the round-to-even rule.) This value will
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> use at most 17 significant decimal digits for <type>float8</type>
>> values, and at most 9 digits for <type>float4</type> values.
>> </para>
>>
>> I think "even" means "equality" here, not "even" of "even and odd".
>
>
> It does actually mean "even and odd".  This kind of rounding is also
> called "Banker's Rounding".
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Round_half_to_even

Oh, Thanks! The link is very helpful.
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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