Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: emre(at)hasegeli(dot)com
Cc: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Trigonometric functions in degrees
Date: 2015-10-25 10:31:51
Message-ID: CAB7nPqTF-C35meJxk9Q-JNz+FttCwgdSbTc+OP+Lc9D8+cdg8g@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Emre Hasegeli <emre(at)hasegeli(dot)com> wrote:
>> Currently PostgreSQL only has trigonometric functions that work in
>> radians. I think it would be quite useful to have an equivalent set of
>> functions that worked in degrees. In other environments these are
>> commonly spelled sind(), cosd(), etc.
>
> I would prefer gradian over degree.

This may be a matter of personal taste, but I am personally used to
degrees since primary school. By the way, +1 for the proposal.
--
Michael

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