> > Shall we correct the doc or is that a bug?
>
> Fix the docs...
Are you saying we should remove the whole chapter below from the docs?
--
Tatsuo Ishii
>5.2.1.3. Factorial
>
>This example illustrates an interesting result. Traditionally, the factorial operator
>is defined for integers only. The Postgres operator catalog has only
>one entry for factorial, taking an integer operand. If given a non-integer numeric
>argument, Postgres will try to convert that argument to an integer
>for evaluation of the factorial.
>
>tgl=> select (4.3 !);
> ?column?
>----------
> 24
>(1 row)
>
> Note: Of course, this leads to a mathematically suspect result, since in
>principle the factorial of a non-integer is not defined. However,
> the role of a database is not to teach mathematics, but to be a tool for data
>manipulation. If a user chooses to take the factorial of a
> floating point number, Postgres will try to oblige.
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