Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rash...@gmail.com> writes:
> Matlab just uses "nearest" for both floor() and ceil(), e.g. "the
> nearest integer less than or equal to ...".

> To me, that seems clearer than smallest/largest or least/greatest
> because you don't have to think about which set of numbers it's trying
> to exclude. When thinking about the nearest integer, you only have to
> think about at most 2 possible values.

Hearing no objections, done that way.

                        regards, tom lane


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