Re: NaNs in numeric_power (was Re: Postgres 11 release notes)

From: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Đặng Minh Hướng <kakalot49(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: NaNs in numeric_power (was Re: Postgres 11 release notes)
Date: 2018-05-16 22:30:09
Message-ID: CAEZATCVnCNB+brCyraVfL60yOrEtMS7pbP4KfVXiO=qzvRSckA@mail.gmail.com
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On 16 May 2018 at 14:44, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> In the case 1 ^ NaN = 1, what should the result scale be?
>
> The result is exact, so I don't see a reason to be worried about its
> scale. Messing with the scale would also require expending even
> more code on what is, in the end, a corner case that no users have
> expressed concern about.
>

OK, fine. Not really worth worrying about.

Regards,
Dean

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