Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Emre Hasegeli <emre(at)hasegeli(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees
Date: 2015-10-26 18:48:26
Message-ID: CANP8+j+MS5HGmopZ1ktGMwz7mwphdRAFYxY0f7Pmi4KwBceEZw@mail.gmail.com
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On 26 October 2015 at 13:58, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> > Also -1 to furlongs, fortnights, pecks and hundredweight, amongst others.
>
> Aw, you're no fun. select '1 fortnight'::interval => '14 days' would be
> cool.
>

Deviation from SI units is no laughing matter. How would we even know how
to capitalise "Fortnight"?

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