On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 12:14:11AM +0000, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> -- there isn't a floating point factorial operator...
> tgl=> select (4.3 !);
> ?column?
> --------
> 24
> (1 row)
Am I the only one that thinks the above is wrong? 4.3 factorial is
mathematically undefined and does NOT equal 24.
I don't think the automatic type conversion should automatically
truncate values without at least a warning. Preferably I'd like to be
forced to do the conversion myself for cases like the above.
--
Dave Chapeskie <dchapes(at)ddm(dot)on(dot)ca>, DDM Consulting