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Docs: use more standard terminology "round-to-nearest-even" instead of "round-to-even".
Per suggestion from Tom Lane. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/flat/20191230.093451.1762483750956466101.t-ishii%40sraoss.co.jp
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representable in the same binary precision. (However, the output value is
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currently never <emphasis>exactly</emphasis> midway between two
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representable values, in order to avoid a widespread bug where input
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routines do not properly respect the round-to-even rule.) This value will
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routines do not properly respect the round-to-nearest-even rule.) This value will
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use at most 17 significant decimal digits for <type>float8</type>
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values, and at most 9 digits for <type>float4</type> values.
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