Re: gaussian distribution pgbench -- splits v4

Hello Robert,

>> I wish to agree, but my interpretation of the previous code is that
>> they were ignored before, so ISTM that we are stuck with keeping the
>> same unfortunate behavior.
>
> I don't agree. I'm not in a huge hurry to fix all the places where
> pgbench currently lacks error checks just because I don't have enough to
> do (hint: I do have enough to do), but when we're adding more
> complicated syntax in one particular place, bringing the error checks in
> that portion of the code up to scratch is an eminently sensible thing to
> do, and we should do it.

Ok. I'm in favor of that anyway. It is just that was afraid that changing
behavior, however poor the said behavior, could be a blocker.

> Also, please stop changing the title of this thread every other post.
> It breaks threading for me (and anyone else using gmail), and that
> makes the thread hard to follow.

Sorry. It does not break my mailer which relies on internal headers, but
I'll try to be compatible with this gmail "features" in the future.

--
Fabien.