On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Fabien COELHO <coe...@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote: >> I'm wondering if percentages instead of weights would be a better >> idea. That'd mean you'd be forced to be more careful when adding another >> script (having to adjust the percentages of other scripts) but arguably >> that's a good thing? > > If you use only percent, then you have to check that the total is 100, > probably you have to use floats, to do something when the total is not 100, > checking would complicate the code and test people mental calculus > abilities. Not sure this is a good idea:-)
I agree. I don't see a reason to enforce that the total of the weights must be 100. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
