aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/manual/arith.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-01-07 11:42:04 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-01-07 11:42:04 +0100
commit010fe2317732b009e096cba9df14d5a56ec28de9 (patch)
treeaa3b9b35ea883421ef6d66161beaabbee59ff639 /manual/arith.texi
parentb79dc8d0fec37d774d6c7161c96b2cd543c155de (diff)
downloadglibc-010fe2317732b009e096cba9df14d5a56ec28de9.zip
glibc-010fe2317732b009e096cba9df14d5a56ec28de9.tar.gz
glibc-010fe2317732b009e096cba9df14d5a56ec28de9.tar.bz2
manual: Use @code{errno} instead of @var{errno} [BZ #24063]
@var is intended for placeholders (such as function parameters). Actual variables need to use @code because @var causes upper-case output, resulting in a different C identifier.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/arith.texi')
-rw-r--r--manual/arith.texi14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index 5080abf..6ca7902 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -875,20 +875,20 @@ complete response as @dfn{signalling} a domain error, overflow, or
underflow.
When a math function suffers a domain error, it raises the invalid
-exception and returns NaN. It also sets @var{errno} to @code{EDOM};
+exception and returns NaN. It also sets @code{errno} to @code{EDOM};
this is for compatibility with old systems that do not support @w{IEEE
754} exception handling. Likewise, when overflow occurs, math
functions raise the overflow exception and, in the default rounding
mode, return @math{@infinity{}} or @math{-@infinity{}} as appropriate
(in other rounding modes, the largest finite value of the appropriate
sign is returned when appropriate for that rounding mode). They also
-set @var{errno} to @code{ERANGE} if returning @math{@infinity{}} or
-@math{-@infinity{}}; @var{errno} may or may not be set to
+set @code{errno} to @code{ERANGE} if returning @math{@infinity{}} or
+@math{-@infinity{}}; @code{errno} may or may not be set to
@code{ERANGE} when a finite value is returned on overflow. When
underflow occurs, the underflow exception is raised, and zero
(appropriately signed) or a subnormal value, as appropriate for the
mathematical result of the function and the rounding mode, is
-returned. @var{errno} may be set to @code{ERANGE}, but this is not
+returned. @code{errno} may be set to @code{ERANGE}, but this is not
guaranteed; it is intended that @theglibc{} should set it when the
underflow is to an appropriately signed zero, but not necessarily for
other underflows.
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ You should not check for errors by examining the return value of
@code{0l}, @code{LONG_MAX}, or @code{LONG_MIN}. Instead, check whether
@var{tailptr} points to what you expect after the number
(e.g. @code{'\0'} if the string should end after the number). You also
-need to clear @var{errno} before the call and check it afterward, in
+need to clear @code{errno} before the call and check it afterward, in
case there was overflow.
There is an example at the end of this section.
@@ -2574,7 +2574,7 @@ for example that @code{strtoul} on @code{"-1"} returns @code{ULONG_MAX}
and an input more negative than @code{LONG_MIN} returns
(@code{ULONG_MAX} + 1) / 2.
-@code{strtoul} sets @var{errno} to @code{EINVAL} if @var{base} is out of
+@code{strtoul} sets @code{errno} to @code{EINVAL} if @var{base} is out of
range, or @code{ERANGE} on overflow.
@end deftypefun
@@ -2892,7 +2892,7 @@ representation of NaN (there can be several).
Since zero is a valid result as well as the value returned on error, you
should check for errors in the same way as for @code{strtol}, by
-examining @var{errno} and @var{tailptr}.
+examining @code{errno} and @var{tailptr}.
@end deftypefun
@deftypefun float strtof (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr})