Re: BUG #2356: sqrt and cbrt return different types

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Philip Crotwell" <crotwell(at)seis(dot)sc(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2356: sqrt and cbrt return different types
Date: 2006-03-24 21:35:52
Message-ID: 10690.1143236152@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-bugs

"Philip Crotwell" <crotwell(at)seis(dot)sc(dot)edu> writes:
> It seems to me that square root and cube root should be the same in return
> type.

They are, or at least one form of them matches:

regression=# \df sqrt
List of functions
Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types
------------+------+------------------+---------------------
pg_catalog | sqrt | double precision | double precision
pg_catalog | sqrt | numeric | numeric
(2 rows)

regression=# \df cbrt
List of functions
Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types
------------+------+------------------+---------------------
pg_catalog | cbrt | double precision | double precision
(1 row)

I think your request really amounts to "we should require every numeric
function to have a float8 counterpart and vice versa". Life's a bit too
short for that, though.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Browse pgsql-bugs by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2006-03-24 21:39:20 Re: BUG #2357: docs for mod() are wrong
Previous Message Alvaro Herrera 2006-03-24 21:35:39 Re: Error in ecpg