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Mark factorial operator, and postfix operators in general, as deprecated.

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Back-patch key parts of 4c5cf5431 and 6ca547cf7 into stable branches.
I didn't touch pg_description entries here, so it's purely a docs
change; and I didn't fool with any examples either.  The main point
is so that anyone who's wondering if factorial() exists in the stable
branches will be reassured.

Mark Dilger and John Naylor, with some adjustments by me

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/BE2DF53D-251A-4E26-972F-930E523580E9@enterprisedb.com
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Tom Lane 2020-08-30 16:03:19 -04:00
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doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
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@ -666,14 +666,16 @@
<row>
<entry> <literal>!</literal> </entry>
<entry>factorial</entry>
<entry>factorial
(deprecated, use <function>factorial()</function> instead)</entry>
<entry><literal>5 !</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>120</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <literal>!!</literal> </entry>
<entry>factorial (prefix operator)</entry>
<entry>factorial as a prefix operator
(deprecated, use <function>factorial()</function> instead)</entry>
<entry><literal>!! 5</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>120</literal></entry>
</row>
@ -856,6 +858,19 @@
<entry><literal>2.71828182845905</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<indexterm>
<primary>factorial</primary>
</indexterm>
<literal><function>factorial(<type>bigint</type>)</function></literal>
</entry>
<entry><type>numeric</type></entry>
<entry>factorial</entry>
<entry><literal>factorial(5)</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>120</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<indexterm>

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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml
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@ -87,11 +87,18 @@ CREATE OPERATOR <replaceable>name</replaceable> (
<para>
At least one of <literal>LEFTARG</literal> and <literal>RIGHTARG</literal> must be defined. For
binary operators, both must be defined. For right unary
binary operators, both must be defined. For right unary
operators, only <literal>LEFTARG</literal> should be defined, while for left
unary operators only <literal>RIGHTARG</literal> should be defined.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Right unary, also called postfix, operators are deprecated and will be
removed in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> version 14.
</para>
</note>
<para>
The <replaceable class="parameter">function_name</replaceable>
function must have been previously defined using <command>CREATE