diff Doc/lib/libmath.tex @ 7157:a6fa9f3cad13 legacy-trunk

Added descriptions for log() and log10(). Clarified that floor() and ceil() return reals. Same for the integer part returned by modf(). Some markup consistency changes.
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
date Thu, 22 Jan 1998 17:37:50 +0000
parents 3eca5f37501a
children bf4e790bd61a
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--- a/Doc/lib/libmath.tex	Thu Jan 22 16:13:44 1998 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmath.tex	Thu Jan 22 17:37:50 1998 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \bimodindex{math}
 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module math)}
 This module is always available.
-It provides access to the mathematical functions defined by the C
+It provides access to the mathematical functions defined by the \C{}
 standard.
 They are:
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{ceil}{x}
-Return the ceiling of \var{x}.
+Return the ceiling of \var{x} as a real.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{cos}{x}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{floor}{x}
-Return the floor of \var{x}.
+Return the floor of \var{x} as a real.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{fmod}{x, y}
@@ -65,9 +65,17 @@
 Return \code{\var{x} * (2**\var{i})}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{log}{x}
+Return the natural logarithm of \var{x}.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{log10}{x}
+Return the base-10 logarithm of \var{x}.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \begin{funcdesc}{modf}{x}
 Return the fractional and integer parts of \var{x}.  Both results
-carry the sign of \var{x}.
+carry the sign of \var{x}.  The integer part is returned as a real.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{pow}{x, y}
@@ -94,10 +102,11 @@
 Return the hyperbolic tangent of \var{x}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-Note that \code{frexp} and \code{modf} have a different call/return
-pattern than their C equivalents: they take a single argument and
-return a pair of values, rather than returning their second return
-value through an `output parameter' (there is no such thing in Python).
+Note that \function{frexp()} and \function{modf()} have a different
+call/return pattern than their \C{} equivalents: they take a single
+argument and return a pair of values, rather than returning their
+second return value through an `output parameter' (there is no such
+thing in Python).
 
 The module also defines two mathematical constants: