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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Daniel Cory <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Documentation for alternate names of functions
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 14:36:59 -0700
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On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Cory <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can we document that “pow” is the same as “power”? It is not listed on
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-math.html, even
> though both “ceil” and “ceiling” are listed.
>
> For aliased function names for which only one is SQL standard we should
denote which one.  This particular alias seems worthy of inclusion.


>
>
> Can we document “int4larger” and related functions? They are similar to
> the greatest/least functions but not listed on https://www.postgresql.org/
> docs/current/static/functions-conditional.html#FUNCTIONS-GREATEST-LEAST
>

I don't see the point of exposing this implementation detail when the
greatest/least expressions (i.e., they don't appear under \df), though
non-standard, are what users are encouraged to use.  Not sure we'd turn
down a patch but its not something I'd expect to get picked up in a timely
fashion.

David J.

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