On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 10:57, Aleksander Alekseev
<aleksan...@timescale.com> wrote:
>
> > Of course there is. This is easy to code in C using unsigned ints,
> > without resorting to abs() (yes, I'm aware that abs() is undefined for
> > INT_MIN).
>
> So in your opinion what is the expected result of to_hex(INT_MIN,
> with_sign => true)?
>
"-80000000" or "-0x80000000", depending on whether the prefix is
requested. The latter is legal input for an integer, which is the
point (to allow round-tripping):
SELECT int '-0x80000000';
int4
-------------
-2147483648
(1 row)
SELECT pg_typeof(-0x80000000);
pg_typeof
-----------
integer
(1 row)
Regards,
Dean
