Re: [HACKERS] factorial doc bug?

[Gavin Sherry]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

> In typeconv.sgml we have an example:
> 
> tgl=> select (4.3 !);
>  ?column?
> ----------
>        24
> (1 row)

Mathematically speaking, one cannot find the factorial of such a
number. Users could easily cast/round a float to an integer - making it
suitable for such an operation.

I'd say it was a documentation issue.

Gavin


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