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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1992-10-02 23:50:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1992-10-02 23:50:41 +0000 |
| commit | f19c80dd2ca4ff829af44399055a8b5ed24e089f (patch) | |
| tree | 7de66c5c11b127d2d4b9c98324518cbf9e0911b3 /manual/arith.texi | |
| parent | 4ce5be06d33dd371386d9ea3403496c6fa8eae86 (diff) | |
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Put in infnan for BSD compatibility.
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diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi index 9fa1f0fd65..cf9a62a3e2 100644 --- a/manual/arith.texi +++ b/manual/arith.texi @@ -84,13 +84,15 @@ This function returns a nonzero value if @var{x} is finite or a ``not a number'' value, and zero otherwise. @end deftypefun -@ignore This is an internal function, and is being renamed. @comment math.h @comment BSD @deftypefun double infnan (int @var{error}) -@strong{Incomplete:} I don't understand what this function does. +This function is provided for compatibility with BSD. Its argument +is an error code, @code{EDOM} or @code{ERANGE}; its value +is what a mathematical function should return if it fails with that +error code. @code{-ERANGE} is also acceptable as an argument, and +corresponds to @code{-HUGE_VAL} as a value. @end deftypefun -@end ignore @strong{Portability Note:} The functions listed in this section are BSD extensions. |