Re: Fix number skipping in to_number

Oliver Ford <ojford@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> * Don't we need to fix the NUM_L (currency symbol) case in the
>> same manner?  (The NUM_D and NUM_S cases are handled in
>> NUM_numpart_from_char and seem ok at a quick glance.)

> Yes you get the same skipping if you do:

> select to_number('12','L99');
>  to_number
> -----------
>          2

> However, this case is not as easy to fix as you can't do a simple
> string comparison like with the group separator. The currency symbol
> for the locale can be " " but if we do a comparison, it won't match if
> the symbol specified is "$" or "£" (so will end up missing characters
> at the end of the supplied string). Could we apply the attached patch
> and then put fixing it for currency on the TODO list?

I don't follow your concern?  If "$" is not the correct currency
symbol for the locale, we shouldn't accept it as a match to an L format.
Your patch is tightening what we will accept as a match to a G format,
so I don't see why you're concerned about backward compatibility in
one case but not the other.

                        regards, tom lane