Re: Issue in man page fmod.3

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Hi Helge,

On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:25AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    372/360=1.xxxx => n=1 and thus as result 372-1*360=12 Why is this 348? Running this in a minimalistic c programm confirms the result to be 12
> 
> "The call I<fmod(372, 360)> returns 348."

That was fixed in

	commit 346bb648cc963bd9f2c8b16d984cb49030faa05b
	Author: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx>
	Date:   Tue Jul 9 12:00:18 2024 +0200

	    fmod.3: EXAMPLES: Fix calculation
	    
	    Fixes: ce23e8188f8f ("fmod.3: Add example section")
	    Closes: <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219017>
	    Reported-by: Benjamin Otte <otte@xxxxxxxxx>
	    Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx>

	diff --git a/man/man3/fmod.3 b/man/man3/fmod.3
	index d6c76c7a3..13e0f2e8c 100644
	--- a/man/man3/fmod.3
	+++ b/man/man3/fmod.3
	@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ .SH BUGS
	 .SH EXAMPLES
	 The call
	 .I fmod(372, 360)
	-returns 348.
	+returns 12.
	 .P
	 The call
	 .I fmod(-372, 360)

If there's anything still bad in the page, please let me know.  I hope
it's fixed in the master branch.

Cheers,
Alex

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