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doc: add float as an alias for double precision.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:04:45 +0000 (18:04 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:04:45 +0000 (18:04 -0400)
commit04b7ff3cd33c0b9574eed3b662c16d810a903bd4
treeebba2f2fa4c5ed849a48615bd1dfdbbb97ce03f0
parentd699687b329e031cd90e967b39c3fd8a53ef8208
doc: add float as an alias for double precision.

Although the "Floating-Point Types" section says that "float" data
type is taken to mean "double precision", this information was not
reflected in the data type table that lists all data type aliases.

Reported-by: alexander.kjall@hafslund.no
Author: Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/175456294638.800.12038559679827947313@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 13
doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml