Rename pgbench min/max to least/greatest, and fix handling of double args.

These functions behave like the backend's least/greatest functions,
not like min/max, so the originally-chosen names invite confusion.
Per discussion, rename to least/greatest.

I also took it upon myself to make them return double if any input is
double.  The previous behavior of silently coercing all inputs to int
surely does not meet the principle of least astonishment.

Copy-edit some of the other new functions' documentation, too.

doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml

@@ -935,14 +935,15 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
       <row>
        <entry><literal><function>abs(<replaceable>a</>)</></></>
        <entry>same as <replaceable>a</></>
-       <entry>integer or double absolute value</>
+       <entry>absolute value</>
        <entry><literal>abs(-17)</></>
        <entry><literal>17</></>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry><literal><function>debug(<replaceable>a</>)</></></>
        <entry>same as <replaceable>a</> </>
-       <entry>print to <systemitem>stderr</systemitem> the given argument</>
+       <entry>print <replaceable>a</> to <systemitem>stderr</systemitem>,
+        and return <replaceable>a</></>
        <entry><literal>debug(5432.1)</></>
        <entry><literal>5432.1</></>
       </row>
@@ -961,23 +962,23 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
        <entry><literal>9</></>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry><literal><function>max(<replaceable>i</> [, <replaceable>...</> ] )</></></>
-       <entry>integer</>
-       <entry>maximum value</>
-       <entry><literal>max(5, 4, 3, 2)</></>
+       <entry><literal><function>greatest(<replaceable>a</> [, <replaceable>...</> ] )</></></>
+       <entry>double if any <replaceable>a</> is double, else integer</>
+       <entry>largest value among arguments</>
+       <entry><literal>greatest(5, 4, 3, 2)</></>
        <entry><literal>5</></>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry><literal><function>min(<replaceable>i</> [, <replaceable>...</> ] )</></></>
-       <entry>integer</>
-       <entry>minimum value</>
-       <entry><literal>min(5, 4, 3, 2)</></>
-       <entry><literal>2</></>
+       <entry><literal><function>least(<replaceable>a</> [, <replaceable>...</> ] )</></></>
+       <entry>double if any <replaceable>a</> is double, else integer</>
+       <entry>smallest value among arguments</>
+       <entry><literal>least(5, 4, 3, 2.1)</></>
+       <entry><literal>2.1</></>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry><literal><function>pi()</></></>
        <entry>double</>
-       <entry>value of the PI constant</>
+       <entry>value of the constant PI</>
        <entry><literal>pi()</></>
        <entry><literal>3.14159265358979323846</></>
       </row>

src/bin/pgbench/exprparse.y

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ make_op(yyscan_t yyscanner, const char *operator,
  * List of available functions:
  * - fname: function name
  * - nargs: number of arguments
- *			-1 is a special value for min & max meaning #args >= 1
+ *			-1 is a special value for least & greatest meaning #args >= 1
  * - tag: function identifier from PgBenchFunction enum
  */
 static const struct
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ static const struct
 		"abs", 1, PGBENCH_ABS
 	},
 	{
-		"min", -1, PGBENCH_MIN
+		"least", -1, PGBENCH_LEAST
 	},
 	{
-		"max", -1, PGBENCH_MAX
+		"greatest", -1, PGBENCH_GREATEST
 	},
 	{
 		"debug", 1, PGBENCH_DEBUG
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ make_func(yyscan_t yyscanner, int fnumber, PgBenchExprList *args)
 		expr_yyerror_more(yyscanner, "unexpected number of arguments",
 						  PGBENCH_FUNCTIONS[fnumber].fname);
 
-	/* check at least one arg for min & max */
+	/* check at least one arg for least & greatest */
 	if (PGBENCH_FUNCTIONS[fnumber].nargs == -1 &&
 		elist_length(args) == 0)
 		expr_yyerror_more(yyscanner, "at least one argument expected",

src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c

@@ -1298,31 +1298,63 @@ evalFunc(TState *thread, CState *st,
 				return true;
 			}
 
-		/* variable number of int arguments */
-		case PGBENCH_MIN:
-		case PGBENCH_MAX:
+		/* variable number of arguments */
+		case PGBENCH_LEAST:
+		case PGBENCH_GREATEST:
 			{
-				int64		extremum;
+				bool		havedouble;
 				int			i;
-				Assert(nargs >= 1);
 
-				if (!coerceToInt(&vargs[0], &extremum))
-					return false;
+				Assert(nargs >= 1);
 
-				for (i = 1; i < nargs; i++)
+				/* need double result if any input is double */
+				havedouble = false;
+				for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 				{
-					int64		ival;
+					if (vargs[i].type == PGBT_DOUBLE)
+					{
+						havedouble = true;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (havedouble)
+				{
+					double		extremum;
 
-					if (!coerceToInt(&vargs[i], &ival))
+					if (!coerceToDouble(&vargs[0], &extremum))
 						return false;
-
-					if (func == PGBENCH_MIN)
-						extremum = extremum < ival ? extremum : ival;
-					else if (func == PGBENCH_MAX)
-						extremum = extremum > ival ? extremum : ival;
+					for (i = 1; i < nargs; i++)
+					{
+						double		dval;
+
+						if (!coerceToDouble(&vargs[i], &dval))
+							return false;
+						if (func == PGBENCH_LEAST)
+							extremum = Min(extremum, dval);
+						else
+							extremum = Max(extremum, dval);
+					}
+					setDoubleValue(retval, extremum);
 				}
+				else
+				{
+					int64		extremum;
 
-				setIntValue(retval, extremum);
+					if (!coerceToInt(&vargs[0], &extremum))
+						return false;
+					for (i = 1; i < nargs; i++)
+					{
+						int64		ival;
+
+						if (!coerceToInt(&vargs[i], &ival))
+							return false;
+						if (func == PGBENCH_LEAST)
+							extremum = Min(extremum, ival);
+						else
+							extremum = Max(extremum, ival);
+					}
+					setIntValue(retval, extremum);
+				}
 				return true;
 			}
 

src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.h

@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ typedef enum PgBenchFunction
 	PGBENCH_MOD,
 	PGBENCH_DEBUG,
 	PGBENCH_ABS,
-	PGBENCH_MIN,
-	PGBENCH_MAX,
+	PGBENCH_LEAST,
+	PGBENCH_GREATEST,
 	PGBENCH_INT,
 	PGBENCH_DOUBLE,
 	PGBENCH_PI,