Re: [SQL] line datatype

Tom Lane wrote:
> Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
> > The issue is in choosing an external format for LINE which does not lose
> > precision during dump/reload.
> 
> Why is this any worse for LINE than for any of the other geometric
> types (or for plain floats, for that matter)?
> 
> We do need a solution for exact dump/reload of floating-point data,
> but I don't see why the lack of it should be reason to disable access
> to the LINE type.

I don't understand why dumping the two point values isn't sufficient.

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