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 22:05:01 +0000 (18:05 -0400)
commit13244ba1032573bf1a220aa4b8fb0ff395f7815a
tree98a47bf52d8fecda51d5aac3f3cb5d107aa78e5b
parent45e7ad980e3fac26e642dc49097751d23072d520
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