> On 8 May 2026, at 17:39, Sven Klemm <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   ParseVariableDouble() in src/bin/psql/variables.c is asymmetric in how
>   it handles the [min, max] bounds it documents. The lower-bound branch
>   correctly returns false, but the upper-bound branch logs the error and
>   then falls through to assign *result and return true. The function's
>   contract ("the value must be within the range [min,max] in order to be
>   considered valid"; "if unsuccessful, *result isn't clobbered") is
>   broken on the upper-bound path.

Indeed, that's a silly bug, not sure how I could have missed that.  We are
currently in freeze for the upcoming minor releases but I have this staged to
go in directly after.  Thanks for the report.

--
Daniel Gustafsson



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