> While the egcs people may find a nice fix (the whole register spilling
> issue is being worked on), apparently the C standard is very clear
> that the .9999 behaviour is allowed. So perhaps fixing the postgres
> code is the best idea in the long run.
Thanks for the background. This is probably a good time to go slow, and
see if the compiler gets fixed up. Although the .9999 behavior may be
allowed, afaik most modern compilers seem to clean things up better than
that. No point putting work into code to work around an evolving
compiler for a single platform, at least not until it is clear that it
is a permanent feature.
- Tom