>>>>> "TL" == Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
JC> That said, the possiblity of hex i/o format for the float datatypes JC> would be welcome. TL> It's unportable, for two different reasons: TL> 2. The printf specifiers you want us to rely on are not standard. They are in C99. TL> 1. pg_dump output would become platform-specific. This is highly TL> undesirable. It is true that pg would have to test for them in configure and supply alternative code wherever libc fails to support them. I can readily accept that there are many more pressing needs. But would such a patch for master be rejected? -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
