From 2c16b5ccbda3bad481f0454466ce2df2fed0bdd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:55:11 +0000 Subject: 24093: floating point precision --- Doc/Zsh/arith.yo | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Doc') diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/arith.yo b/Doc/Zsh/arith.yo index 98e83c1ae..d7f1ae608 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/arith.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/arith.yo @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ integers, the shell is usually compiled to use 8-byte precision where this is available, otherwise precision is 4 bytes. This can be tested, for example, by giving the command `tt(print - $(( 12345678901 )))'; if the number appears unchanged, the precision is at least 8 bytes. Floating -point arithmetic is always double precision. +point arithmetic always uses the `double' type with whatever corresponding +precision is provided by the compiler and the library. The tt(let) builtin command takes arithmetic expressions as arguments; each is evaluated separately. Since many of the arithmetic operators, as well -- cgit 1.4.1