pgsql: Make floating-point "NaN / 0" return NaN instead of raising an e

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Make floating-point "NaN / 0" return NaN instead of raising an e
Date: 2020-07-20 23:44:54
Message-ID: E1jxfSo-0004Y5-8Y@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Make floating-point "NaN / 0" return NaN instead of raising an error.

This is more consistent with the IEEE 754 spec and our treatment of
NaNs elsewhere; in particular, the case has always acted that way in
"numeric" arithmetic.

Noted by Dean Rasheed.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3421746.1594927785@sss.pgh.pa.us

Branch
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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/4fb6aeb4f6e807c8ce3e140d2d2281f50eb6fb1a

Modified Files
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src/include/utils/float.h | 4 ++--
src/test/regress/expected/float4-misrounded-input.out | 6 ++++++
src/test/regress/expected/float4.out | 6 ++++++
src/test/regress/expected/float8.out | 6 ++++++
src/test/regress/sql/float4.sql | 1 +
src/test/regress/sql/float8.sql | 1 +
6 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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