Re: float output precision questions

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 23:19:05 +0100, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> There isn't a way right now, but it's planned to be able to dump
> floating-point numbers in some binary form (like printf("%A")) to be able
> to restore them exactly.  Not sure how that would satisfy the needs of
> client interfaces, though.

Why not print it as a floating binary number instead of a floating decimal
number? I would think that would give you better portability than a system
specific binary representation.