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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2018-07-23 00:05:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2018-07-23 00:07:02 -0700 |
| commit | 109cb1520c690038d387aa290bb03261f7c5a1f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 75fd79ee186e33c4df6a54036f20287c63849f9a /doc | |
| parent | 216b9b2dbff4cd6843d988c1e2df81b1e02a52fd (diff) | |
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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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/numbers.texi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/strings.texi | 8 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi index 70bb1030411..14d5059ffb3 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ reproducing the same pattern moved over. bits in @var{integer1} to the left @var{count} places, or to the right if @var{count} is negative, bringing zeros into the vacated bits. If @var{count} is negative, @code{lsh} shifts zeros into the leftmost -(most-significant) bit, producing a positive result even if +(most-significant) bit, producing a nonnegative result even if @var{integer1} is negative. Contrast this with @code{ash}, below. Here are two examples of @code{lsh}, shifting a pattern of bits one @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ returns a NaN. @defun expt x y This function returns @var{x} raised to power @var{y}. If both -arguments are integers and @var{y} is positive, the result is an +arguments are integers and @var{y} is nonnegative, the result is an integer; in this case, overflow causes truncation, so watch out. If @var{x} is a finite negative number and @var{y} is a finite non-integer, @code{expt} returns a NaN. diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi index 026ba749cbd..f68199e9f98 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi @@ -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. |