Hello Noah, On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:06:33AM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> Another possibility is to disable the strtod() call when building against > older > Perl; instead, use sv_setpv() to store the float as a string. Perl would > Does that approach have material disadvantages? I like this approach since it aligns with what a pre 3.6.0 version of DBD::Pg will silently do with a current perl as well. I have been using it this way for a couple of years and not noticed any problems. BTW: What *was* the trigger for adding strtod() in the first place if perl does the conversion on the fly? Should I try my luck at a patch or is it too trivial now? -- Thanks, Michael
