doc: add float as an alias for double precision.

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

Commit: f9b09fe63cbc88319de7e15dbcc390775e31d56b
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2025-08-07T22:05:20Z
Releases: 13.22
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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