Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove the special cases to prevent minus-zero results in float4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove the special cases to prevent minus-zero results in float4
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Msg-id 12521.1234986866@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove the special cases to prevent minus-zero results in float4  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> We don't, however, expect that all platforms will produce minus zero, so
>> we need to adjust the one affected regression test to allow both results.

> Do we know if and what platforms wouldn't produce minus zero? It would 
> be interesting to not have the alternative expected output for a few 
> days and see which buildfarm animals break.

Well, my old HPUX box definitely doesn't print minus zeroes here.

What I'm really more interested in is whether there are any third
or fourth opinions among the buildfarm members ...
        regards, tom lane


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