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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 22:05:11 +0000 (18:05 -0400)
commit186bc0dfdcb0d4376ffe575bc75a8caf020abbfc
tree70022db2d78f7102c9f7fae83495931a0d61d049
parent73f897ba5836c1341bec460c618ac76264d986c8
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