doc: add float as an alias for double precision.

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Commit: 31c09ef4563612467b31149713896948e5532684
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2025-08-07T22:04:55Z
Releases: 18.0
doc: add float as an alias for double precision.

Although the "Floating-Point Types" section says that "float" data
type is taken to mean "double precision", this information was not
reflected in the data type table that lists all data type aliases.

Reported-by: alexander.kjall@hafslund.no
Author: Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/175456294638.800.12038559679827947313@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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