Exponentiation example not clear
Started by PG Bug reporting formover 4 years ago2 messagesdocs
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/functions-math.html
Description:
Quoting the docs:
Exponentiation (unlike typical mathematical practice, multiple uses of ^
will associate left to right)
2 ^ 3 → 8
2 ^ 3 ^ 3 → 512
You could probably add
2 ^ (3 ^ 3) → 134217728 # 2 ^27
Re: Exponentiation example not clear
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
Quoting the docs:
Exponentiation (unlike typical mathematical practice, multiple uses of ^
will associate left to right)
2 ^ 3 → 8
2 ^ 3 ^ 3 → 512
You could probably add
2 ^ (3 ^ 3) → 134217728 # 2 ^27
Seems reasonable, done at
regards, tom lane