Not a number

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Not a number
Date: 2000-01-23 01:30:59
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0001230224220.3007-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Does anyone know to what extent we do/should support Not-a-number,
Infinity, and the like for our floating point types? Are we at the mercy
of the operating system? If so, how could we ever offer this functionality
across the board on the backend level?

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