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docs: adjust PG 12 floating point item
authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Sat, 11 May 2019 14:29:30 +0000 (10:29 -0400)
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Sat, 11 May 2019 14:29:32 +0000 (10:29 -0400)
Reported-by: Andrew Gierth
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87r295hjur.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk

doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml

index eb4f8998cf9a91d2bf744ab816da9912a7c273b9..02625e6bccbb14ffb7b955e108367fb8b6702777 100644 (file)
@@ -187,9 +187,10 @@ Avoid performing unnecessary rounding of <type>REAL</type> and <type>DOUBLE PREC
 </para>
 
 <para>
-This dramatically speeds up processing of floating-point values, though
-trailing digits are display slightly differently.  Users who wish to have output that is rounded can set
-<literal>extra_float_digits=0</literal>.
+This dramatically speeds up processing of floating-point values but causes
+additional trailing digits to potentially be displayed.  Users wishing
+to have output that is rounded to match the previous behavior can set
+<literal>extra_float_digits=0</literal>, which is no longer the default.
 </para>
 </listitem>