Re: [HACKERS] Re: Trouble with float4 afterupgrading from 6.5.3 to 7.0.2

<vectro@pipeline.com> writes:
> Is there a reason we can't perform the conversion and then copy the
> low-order bits manually, with some bit-shifting and masking?

*What* low-order bits?  The fundamental problem is we don't have 'em.

            regards, tom lane