"scott.marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So it would appear to be that the automatic assumptions about what is 
> float and what is numeric changed from 7.2 to 7.3, i.e. it's assumed that 
> numeric is the input type.

That's correct.

Looking at the code, round(numeric) always rounds xxx.5 values away from
zero (0.5 -> 1, -0.5 -> -1, etc).  The behavior of round(float) is
platform-dependent, but round-to-nearest-even is the rule used by IEEE
compliant platforms.

                        regards, tom lane

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