Re: WIP: to_char, support for EEEE format

Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> 2009/8/4 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
>> What I'd consider instead is calling numeric_out and then working
>> with the result of that. It would always be f-format, so you'd
>> have to do your own conversion to e-format, but you could do it
>> without any risk of precision or range loss.

> Yeah, I figured as much. I'll see what I can do about reworking the
> numeric case. I should be able to post a new revision in the next day
> or so, but I certainly won't cry foul if this gets punted to
> September.

BTW, there's no rule saying you have to fix that strictly within
to_char(). It might make more sense to have numeric.c export a
function that is like numeric_out but produces e-style output.
Your choice as the patch writer, but keep it in mind ...

regards, tom lane