Re: atan2 documentation bugs for 7.3 and 7.2

OK, patch applied.

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Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> In the section on mathematical functions the following is given for atan2:
> atan2(x, y) inverse tangent of a/x
>
> I believe the correct version should either be:
> atan2(y, x) inverse tangent of y/x
> or
> atan2(x, y) inverse tangent of x/y
>
> I beleive the documentation was also wrong for 7.2 where it was:
> atan2(x, y) inverse tangent of y/x
>
> The postgres functions seems to be the same as glibc function of the same
> name when has the following man information:
>        double atan2(double y, double x);
>
> DESCRIPTION
>        The atan2() function calculates the arc tangent of the two
>        variables x and y.  It is similar to calculating  the  arc
>        tangent  of y / x, except that the signs of both arguments
>        are used to determine the quadrant of the result.
>
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Index: func.sgml
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*** 743,749 ****
         <entry><function>atan2</function>(<replaceable>x</replaceable>,
          <replaceable>y</replaceable>)</entry>
         <entry>inverse tangent of
!         <replaceable>a</replaceable>/<replaceable>x</replaceable></entry>
        </row>

        <row>
--- 743,749 ----
         <entry><function>atan2</function>(<replaceable>x</replaceable>,
          <replaceable>y</replaceable>)</entry>
         <entry>inverse tangent of
!         <replaceable>x</replaceable>/<replaceable>y</replaceable></entry>
        </row>

        <row>