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Re: [Nmh-workers] 1.7's putnum drops data if too close to end of line?


From: Tom Lane
Subject: Re: [Nmh-workers] 1.7's putnum drops data if too close to end of line?
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:27:24 -0500

David Levine <address@hidden> writes:
> Tom wrote:
>> What I'd expect to happen, and what did happen before 1.7, is that the
>> size information would be there and would just be truncated if it didn't
>> fit in the available output width.

> The change was intentional, IIRC.  Better to truncate than show
> part of a number.  The parentheses in your format would reveal it,
> but without them, the output could be misleading with truncation.

Hm.  Is there a way to override that value judgment?

                        regards, tom lane



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