Re: gamma() and lgamma() functions

From: Stepan Neretin <sncfmgg(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: gamma() and lgamma() functions
Date: 2024-07-01 14:20:08
Message-ID: CAN-sa+C0RpL378BcvQ=8cqXQ170LjBOqz24+upXnhk_DCuE5PQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 5:33 PM Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Attached is a patch adding support for the gamma and log-gamma
> functions. See, for example:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_function
>
> I think these are very useful general-purpose mathematical functions.
> They're part of C99, and they're commonly included in other
> mathematical libraries, such as the python math module, so I think
> it's useful to make them available from SQL.
>
> The error-handling for these functions seems to be a little trickier
> than most, so that might need further discussion.
>
> Regards,
> Dean
>

Hi! The patch file seems broken.
git apply gamma-and-lgamma.patch
error: git apply: bad git-diff — exptec /dev/null in line 2
Best regards, Stepan Neretin.

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