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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Saturday, April 6, 2024, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org=
>
> wrote:
>> Under 43.3.1, "Notice that we omitted RETURNS real =E2=80=94 we could h=
ave included
>> it, but it would be redundant."
>> Should that be "RETURNS tax" instead of "RETURNS real"?

> The docs are correct.

Specifically, that bit is a declaration of the data type of the
function's result, not a specification of how to compute it.

			regards, tom lane