Re: [GENERAL] division by zero

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Eric B(dot) Ridge" <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] division by zero
Date: 2003-03-09 04:54:50
Message-ID: 3E6AC91A.1010700@postgresql.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
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> 2. Consider this Apple's problem and file a bug report.

Is there a good place to report errors to Apple for this kind of thing?

Was chatting to one of the guys in the MacOSX development team at Apple
a while ago and can pursue it through there if needed.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

> 3. Both.
>
> I don't care for answer #1 alone, because it would only catch zero
> divides in the specific places we put in tests; internal errors would
> likely go uncaught. So I think a complaint to Apple is in order.
> I'm not sure whether to also put in zero-divide guards. Comments?
>
> regards, tom lane

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