diff Doc/lib/libmath.tex @ 13314:03aa26819ac2 legacy-trunk

Tim-blessed documentation for math.frexp().
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
date Mon, 03 Jul 2000 06:38:17 +0000
parents 8dca55867998
children 9414d031a2c3
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--- a/Doc/lib/libmath.tex	Sun Jul 02 23:21:49 2000 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmath.tex	Mon Jul 03 06:38:17 2000 +0000
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{frexp}{x}
-Convert a floating-point number to fractional and integral
-components.  If \var{x} is zero, returns \code{(0.0, 0)}, otherwise
-returns \code{(\var{frac}, \var{exp})} such that \code{\var{frac} *
-2**\var{exp}} will equal \var{x}.  \var{exp} will be an integer, and
-the absolute value of \var{frac} will be in the range [0.5, 1.0)
-(\var{frac} will share the sign of \var{x}).
+% Blessed by Tim.
+Return the mantissa and exponent of \var{x} as the pair
+\code{(\var{m}, \var{e})}.  \var{m} is a float and \var{e} is an
+integer such that \code{\var{x} == \var{m} * 2**\var{e}}.
+If \var{x} is zero, returns \code{(0.0, 0)}, otherwise
+\code{0.5 <= abs(\var{m}) < 1}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{hypot}{x, y}