Tom Lane wrote: > I hope that the bug will get fixed in due course, but even if they > respond pretty quickly it will be years before the problem disappears > from every copy of gcc in the field. So I'm thinking that it would > behoove us to install a workaround, now that we've characterized the > problem sufficiently. What I am thinking is that in the three > functions known to exhibit the bug (int24div, int28div, int48div) > we should do something like this: > > > if (arg2 == 0) > + { > ereport(ERROR, > (errcode(ERRCODE_DIVISION_BY_ZERO), > errmsg("division by zero"))); > + /* ensure compiler realizes we don't reach the division */ > + PG_RETURN_NULL(); > + }
Could we document this a little better, perhaps refer to a file somewhere or a central comment on its purpose? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers