* ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb: [DOC] Document the required

  +precision+ argument for Rational#to_d [Bug #8958]
-This line, and those below, will be ignored--

M    ChangeLog
M    ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@43669 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b1b10908a6..b9ff8adf5d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Nov 13 19:21:36 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb: [DOC] Document the required
+	  +precision+ argument for Rational#to_d [Bug #8958]
+
 Wed Nov 13 19:02:05 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* ext/digest/*: [DOC] Fix several typos and broken http links.
diff --git a/ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb b/ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb
index 3673d88cc2..2781150557 100644
--- a/ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb
+++ b/ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb
@@ -105,10 +105,14 @@ end
 class Rational < Numeric
   # call-seq:
   #   r.to_d        -> bigdecimal
-  #   r.to_d(sig)   -> bigdecimal
+  #   r.to_d(precision)   -> bigdecimal
   #
-  # Converts a Rational to a BigDecimal. Takes an optional parameter +sig+ to
-  # limit the amount of significant digits.
+  # Converts a Rational to a BigDecimal.
+  #
+  # The required +precision+ parameter is used to determine the amount of
+  # significant digits for the result. See BigDecimal#div for more information,
+  # as it is used along with the #denominator and the +precision+ for
+  # parameters.
   #
   #   r = (22/7.0).to_r
   #   # => (7077085128725065/2251799813685248)