From c35cad016b2a5bc71fa2330f26e35afdef327ccc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Schwab Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 16:55:40 +0200 Subject: manual: clarify defintions of floating point exponent bounds (bug 31518) For decimal exponent bounds the range is inclusive, for binary exponent bounds the range is exclusive. --- manual/lang.texi | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/lang.texi b/manual/lang.texi index 40cd9dd..cd90ff6 100644 --- a/manual/lang.texi +++ b/manual/lang.texi @@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ macros are supposed to be at least @code{10}. @standards{C90, float.h} This is the smallest possible exponent value for type @code{float}. More precisely, it is the minimum negative integer such that the value -@code{FLT_RADIX} raised to this power minus 1 can be represented as a +@code{FLT_RADIX} raised to one less than this power can be represented as a normalized floating point number of type @code{float}. @item DBL_MIN_EXP @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ These are similar to @code{FLT_MIN_EXP}, but for the data types @item FLT_MIN_10_EXP @standards{C90, float.h} This is the minimum negative integer such that @code{10} raised to this -power minus 1 can be represented as a normalized floating point number +power can be represented as a normalized floating point number of type @code{float}. This is supposed to be @code{-37} or even less. @item DBL_MIN_10_EXP @@ -1091,8 +1091,8 @@ These are similar to @code{FLT_MIN_10_EXP}, but for the data types @standards{C90, float.h} This is the largest possible exponent value for type @code{float}. More precisely, this is the maximum positive integer such that value -@code{FLT_RADIX} raised to this power minus 1 can be represented as a -floating point number of type @code{float}. +@code{FLT_RADIX} raised to one less than this power can be represented as a +finite floating point number of type @code{float}. @item DBL_MAX_EXP @itemx LDBL_MAX_EXP @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ These are similar to @code{FLT_MAX_EXP}, but for the data types @item FLT_MAX_10_EXP @standards{C90, float.h} This is the maximum positive integer such that @code{10} raised to this -power minus 1 can be represented as a normalized floating point number +power can be represented as a finite floating point number of type @code{float}. This is supposed to be at least @code{37}. @item DBL_MAX_10_EXP -- cgit v1.1