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Doc: small improvements in discussion of geometric data types.
State explicitly that the coordinates in our geometric data types arefloat8. Also explain that polygons store their bounding box.While here, fix the table of geometric data types to show type"line"'s size correctly: it's 24 bytes not 32. This has somehowescaped notice since that table was made in 1998.Per suggestion from Sebastian Skałacki. The size error seemsimportant enough to justify back-patching.Discussion:https://postgr.es/m/172000045661.706.1822177575291548794@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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<entry>24 bytes</entry>
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<para>
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In all these types, the individual coordinates are stored as
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<type>double precision</type> (<type>float8</type>) numbers.
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A rich set of functions and operators is available to perform various geometric
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Polygons are represented by lists of points (the vertexes of the
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polygon). Polygons are very similar to closed paths; the essential
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difference is that a polygon is considered to include the area
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within it, while a path is not.
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semantic difference is that a polygon is considered to include the
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area within it, while a path is not.
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An important implementation difference between polygons and
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paths is that the stored representation of a polygon includes its
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smallest bounding box. This speeds up certain search operations,
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although computing the bounding box adds overhead while constructing
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new polygons.
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