Hi Alex, On 9/25/20 1:19 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Hi Michael, > > On 2020-09-25 11:30, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> I removed the "intended" part to simplify it a bit. Do you prefer to >>> keep it? >> Well, as long as you are going to lift the detail about "most >> efficient" from the C standard, I'd be inclined to keep >> the word "intended" from the standard as well. But I do not feel >> strongly about it. >> > > Fair enough. > > > On 2020-09-25 11:30, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> BTW, I'll also add a note that FLT_EVAL_METHOD is defined in <float.h> >>> Would you add that to "Notes", or as part of the description? >> As part of the description I think. (And I don't mind if it's >> repeated in the double_t description.) > > I think there was a misunderstanding; maybe I should have been clearer: > > I meant to write about <float.h> in the "Notes" of the type, > and not in the "NOTES" of the entire page. Okay -- got it now. > > However, I decided to do it in the description of the type as you said, > because it was a bit simpler. > > The other version would have resulted in this code, just for you to see: I think the path you took was better. I've applied the patch and done some very light editing. Thanks, Michael > > [[ > .TP > .I double_t > .RS > .PP > Include: > .IR <math.h> . > .PP > The implementation's most efficient floating type at least as wide as > .IR double . > Its type depends on the value of the macro > .BR FLT_EVAL_METHOD : > .TP > 0 > .I double_t > is > .IR double . > .TP > 1 > .I double_t > is > .IR double . > .TP > 2 > .I double_t > is > .IR "long double" . > .IP > For other values of > .BR FLT_EVAL_METHOD , > the type of > .I double_t > is implementation-defined. > .PP > Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. > .PP > Notes: The macro > .B FLT_EVAL_METHOD > is defined in > .IR <float.h> . > .PP > See also the > .I float_t > type in this page. > .RE > ]] > > > Cheers, > > Alex > > man7/system_data_types.7 | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7 > index b04457bbf..aa5ab95e9 100644 > --- a/man7/system_data_types.7 > +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7 > @@ -147,6 +147,48 @@ Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. > .IP > See also: > .BR fenv (3) > +.\"------------------------------------- float_t ----------------------/ > +.TP > +.I float_t > +.IP > +Include: > +.IR <math.h> . > +.IP > +The implementation's most efficient floating type at least as wide as > +.IR float . > +Its type depends on the value of the macro > +.BR FLT_EVAL_METHOD , > +defined in > +.IR <float.h> : > +.RS > +.TP > +0 > +.I float_t > +is > +.IR float . > +.TP > +1 > +.I float_t > +is > +.IR double . > +.TP > +2 > +.I float_t > +is > +.IR "long double" . > +.IP > +For other values of > +.BR FLT_EVAL_METHOD , > +the type of > +.I float_t > +is implementation-defined. > +.RE > +.IP > +Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. > +.IP > +See also the > +.I double_t > +type in this page. > .\"------------------------------------- gid_t ------------------------/ > .TP > .I gid_t > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
