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Change subject: KUDU-1386 NaN float and double values are not handled correctly
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Line 53:   NONCOMPARABLE = 12
> I disagree.  Postgres is clearly doing the wrong thing here because of a te
Even outside btree-style indexing, I think it's still very useful to be able to 
rely on total order for things liek storing per-block min/max values, etc. With 
NaN being non-comparable, that means you have to always scan everything, as far 
as I can think (or keep an extra boolean about whether there are any NaNs).

Although it's 'weird' that Postgres does this, the reality is that postgres is 
a de facto standard in MPP database land (most are derivatives thereof)


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