> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> >> Does anyone object if I revert this code to the way it was?
>
> > Considering that evidence shows that limits.h must have been available on
> > all platforms at least since 6.5, in fact at least as long as the current
> > regex engine has existed, values.h could not possibly have been included
> > anywhere ever, so it's probably better to just remove it.
>
> Hmm, it does look like regex has included <limits.h> unconditionally
> since day 1, doesn't it? That sure suggests that this patch:
>
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
> *
> *
> * IDENTIFICATION
> - * $Header: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c,v 1.47 1999/07/17 20:17:55
momjianExp $
> + * $Header: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c,v 1.48 1999/09/21 20:58:25
momjianExp $
> *
> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> */
> @@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
> #include "postgres.h"
> #ifdef HAVE_LIMITS_H
> #include <limits.h>
> +#ifndef MAXINT
> +#define MAXINT INT_MAX
> +#endif
> +#else
> +#ifdef HAVE_VALUES_H
> +#include <values.h>
> +#endif
> #endif
> #include "fmgr.h"
> #include "utils/builtins.h"
>
> was dead code when it was installed. The CVS log says
> values.h patch from Alex Howansky
> but I can't find anything from him in the mailing list archives.
> (We seem to have lost the pgsql-patches archives, however, so if it
> was just a patch that went by then there's no remaining doco.)
>
> Bruce, does this ring a bell at all? Unless someone can remember
> why this change seemed like a good idea, I think I will take Peter's
> advice...
I have:
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