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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2018-07-23 00:05:25 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2018-07-23 00:07:02 -0700
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positive → nonnegative doc fixes
* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Bitwise Operations) (Math Functions): * doc/lispref/strings.texi (Formatting Strings): * src/editfns.c (Fformat): Correct “positive” with “nonnegative” in some documentation.
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@@ -1015,11 +1015,11 @@ numbered or unnumbered format specifications but not both, except that
After the @samp{%} and any field number, you can put certain
@dfn{flag characters}.
- The flag @samp{+} inserts a plus sign before a positive number, so
+ The flag @samp{+} inserts a plus sign before a nonnegative number, so
that it always has a sign. A space character as flag inserts a space
-before a positive number. (Otherwise, positive numbers start with the
-first digit.) These flags are useful for ensuring that positive
-numbers and negative numbers use the same number of columns. They are
+before a nonnegative number. (Otherwise, nonnegative numbers start with the
+first digit.) These flags are useful for ensuring that nonnegative
+and negative numbers use the same number of columns. They are
ignored except for @samp{%d}, @samp{%e}, @samp{%f}, @samp{%g}, and if
both flags are used, @samp{+} takes precedence.