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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2001-03-26 03:17:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2001-03-26 03:17:58 +0000 |
| commit | 1d2849135b98ae42700a06c5d379b943f1a2e9f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 81b1ea2888aef3b65f49d41b4f0a5886d78aba74 /lispref | |
| parent | aab28c42a89450cbd6cebf049d7d85feec4316b8 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-1d2849135b98ae42700a06c5d379b943f1a2e9f9.tar.gz | |
Floating point is always available; say a little about what it is.
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diff --git a/lispref/objects.texi b/lispref/objects.texi index 90236daf658..ca1c9222d31 100644 --- a/lispref/objects.texi +++ b/lispref/objects.texi @@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ leading @samp{+} or a final @samp{.}. @node Floating Point Type @subsection Floating Point Type - Emacs supports floating point numbers (though there is a compilation -option to disable them). The precise range of floating point numbers is -machine-specific. + Floating point numbers are the computer equivalent of scientific +notation. The precise number of significant figures and the range of +possible exponents is machine-specific; Emacs always uses the C data +type @code{double} to store the value. The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or |