[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #2051: ST_AsGeoJSON printing too many digits

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#2051: ST_AsGeoJSON printing too many digits
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 Reporter:  strk     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.2
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  2.0.x        
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by strk):

 Ok I found the real difference.
 It's not the precision, but the format string being %.*f for geojson and
 %.*g for ST_AsText.

 The code in liblwgeom/lwout_geojson.c suggest it was intentional, but I
 can't understand the rationale for it. Oliver, can you shed a light here ?
 The code is:
 {{{
       if (fabs(pt.x) < OUT_MAX_DOUBLE)
         sprintf(x, "%.*f", precision, pt.x);
       else
         sprintf(x, "%g", pt.x);
 }}}

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