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+    Internal functions are functions written in C that have been statically
+    linked into the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server.
+    The <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">body</span>”</span> of the function definition
+    specifies the C-language name of the function, which need not be the
+    same as the name being declared for SQL use.
+    (For reasons of backward compatibility, an empty body
+    is accepted as meaning that the C-language function name is the
+    same as the SQL name.)
+   </p><p>
+    Normally, all internal functions present in the
+    server are declared during the initialization of the database cluster
+    (see <a class="xref" href="creating-cluster.html" title="19.2. Creating a Database Cluster">Section 19.2</a>),
+    but a user could use <code class="command">CREATE FUNCTION</code>
+    to create additional alias names for an internal function.
+    Internal functions are declared in <code class="command">CREATE FUNCTION</code>
+    with language name <code class="literal">internal</code>.  For instance, to
+    create an alias for the <code class="function">sqrt</code> function:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+CREATE FUNCTION square_root(double precision) RETURNS double precision
+    AS 'dsqrt'
+    LANGUAGE internal
+    STRICT;
+</pre><p>
+    (Most internal functions expect to be declared <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">strict</span>”</span>.)
+   </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+     Not all <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">predefined</span>”</span> functions are
+     <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">internal</span>”</span> in the above sense.  Some predefined
+     functions are written in SQL.
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