Re: BUG #17866: behavior does not match documentation

> On 23 Mar 2023, at 22:54, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> On 23 Mar 2023, at 19:31, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> I wonder if we should rethink that and have these operations strip
>>> insignificant trailing zeroes.
>
>> Any app relying on insignificant trailing zeroes seems broken, but the inverse
>> can be argued as well.  It's however quite easy to argue for the stripped
>> output being more readable though.
>
> It's more readable for sure, and it duplicates what you got in pre-v14
> versions, at least textually.  I'm not sure I'd propose back-patching
> this, but it feels like a good idea for HEAD.

Agreed, I don't think this is material for backpatching.

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Daniel Gustafsson