Documentation for alternate names of functions

2018-09-04 Thread Daniel Cory
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. Can we document "int4larger" and related functions? They are similar to the greatest/least functions but n

Re: Documentation for alternate names of functions

2018-09-04 Thread David G. Johnston
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Cory 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 i

Re: Documentation for alternate names of functions

2018-09-04 Thread Tom Lane
Daniel Cory writes: > Can we document that "pow" is the same as "power"? Meh. power() is the SQL-standard spelling; I don't see a good reason to encourage people to use the legacy name. We might hope to get rid of that name someday (cf commit fc7fd5018). > Can we document "int4larger" and rela