| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add trigonometric functions that work in degrees. |
| Date: | 2016-04-26 15:36:46 |
| Message-ID: | 8396.1461685006@sss.pgh.pa.us |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-committers pgsql-hackers |
Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> The next time somebody proposes that we can get exact results out of
>> floating-point arithmetic, I'm going to run away screaming.
> And you wonder why I avoid floating point variables like the plague...!
Float variables are fine for their intended use-case. The problem is
with trying to guarantee identical results across all platforms.
regards, tom lane
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Robert Haas | 2016-04-26 15:43:16 | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add trigonometric functions that work in degrees. |
| Previous Message | Robert Haas | 2016-04-26 15:30:02 | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add trigonometric functions that work in degrees. |
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Robert Haas | 2016-04-26 15:41:34 | Re: Rename max_parallel_degree? |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2016-04-26 15:34:49 | Re: Rename max_parallel_degree? |