Doc: small improvements in discussion of geometric data types.
authorTom Lane <[email protected]>
Thu, 4 Jul 2024 17:23:32 +0000 (13:23 -0400)
committerTom Lane <[email protected]>
Thu, 4 Jul 2024 17:23:32 +0000 (13:23 -0400)
commitb261649c0a860cd49e11f3d52d3f117a10fde2b4
tree606ca2302a299dc7894624a63ab40b5ce3fd39e0
parentf699ce85771c93aa09211f9ffc8799b585538d19
Doc: small improvements in discussion of geometric data types.

State explicitly that the coordinates in our geometric data types are
float8.  Also explain that polygons store their bounding box.

While here, fix the table of geometric data types to show type
"line"'s size correctly: it's 24 bytes not 32.  This has somehow
escaped notice since that table was made in 1998.

Per suggestion from Sebastian SkaƂacki.  The size error seems
important enough to justify back-patching.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/172000045661.706.1822177575291548794@wrigleys.postgresql.org
doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml