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authorakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2015-08-11 14:01:22 +0000
committerakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2015-08-11 14:01:22 +0000
commit11dde7770d8c9dcbe902e9176c2d2b09f00771d3 (patch)
tree912ebc2b296e1e35ff0c8e314f8b0e9c80be9f59 /numeric.c
parent471e3a301624a86f08c86a643321c3656abbc9fd (diff)
downloadruby-11dde7770d8c9dcbe902e9176c2d2b09f00771d3.tar.gz
* numeric.c (Init_Numeric): Fix document for Float::MIN and
Float::EPSILON. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@51534 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'numeric.c')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index c041cabe76..10ed43c870 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -4264,9 +4264,14 @@ Init_Numeric(void)
*/
rb_define_const(rb_cFloat, "MAX_10_EXP", INT2FIX(DBL_MAX_10_EXP));
/*
- * The smallest positive integer in a double-precision floating point.
+ * The smallest positive normalized number in a double-precision floating point.
*
* Usually defaults to 2.2250738585072014e-308.
+ *
+ * If the platform supports denormalized numbers,
+ * there are numbers between zero and Float::MIN.
+ * 0.0.next_float returns the smallest positive floating point number
+ * including denormalized numbers.
*/
rb_define_const(rb_cFloat, "MIN", DBL2NUM(DBL_MIN));
/*
@@ -4277,7 +4282,7 @@ Init_Numeric(void)
rb_define_const(rb_cFloat, "MAX", DBL2NUM(DBL_MAX));
/*
* The difference between 1 and the smallest double-precision floating
- * point number.
+ * point number greater than 1.
*
* Usually defaults to 2.2204460492503131e-16.
*/