Re: [HACKERS] Our FLOAT(p) precision does not conform to spec

Tom Lane writes:

> This is a straightforward change and would not break pg_dump files,
> since fortunately pg_dump always references the underlying types and
> never refers to anything as FLOAT(p).  But I wonder whether it is
> likely to break many existing applications.  There is a hazard of some
> existing app asking for (what it thinks is) float8 and getting float4
> instead.

Considering that the data type float(x) isn't documented anywhere, I'm not
worried.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net