From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | asuffield(at)acunu(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #6016: Documentation makes inappropriate reference to boolean logic |
Date: | 2011-05-10 01:04:37 |
Message-ID: | 201105100104.p4A14bA24308@momjian.us |
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asuffield(at)acunu(dot)com wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 6016
> Logged by:
> Email address: asuffield(at)acunu(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9 (all)
> Operating system: documentation
> Description: Documentation makes inappropriate reference to boolean
> logic
> Details:
>
> Documentation section 9.1 reads:
>
> "SQL uses a three-valued Boolean logic..."
>
> A "Boolean logic" is a specific thing, and all Boolean logics have 2^k
> values; a 3-valued logic is not Boolean. Should read:
>
> "The SQL Boolean type uses a three-valued logic..."
>
> (Curiously, SQL99 appears to be an actual 4-valued Boolean logic)
Attached patch applied to HEAD and 9.0.X.
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