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authordas <das@FreeBSD.org>2008-04-12 03:11:56 +0000
committerdas <das@FreeBSD.org>2008-04-12 03:11:56 +0000
commit61773c1deacd8758a3c214a1b608e5184f5c7748 (patch)
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Updates for changes in the way printf() handles hex floating point
numbers.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdio/printf.39
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/printf.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/printf.3
index 84e6089..a126a64 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/printf.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/printf.3
@@ -549,13 +549,14 @@ to separate the mantissa and exponent.
Note that there may be multiple valid ways to represent floating-point
numbers in this hexadecimal format.
For example,
-.Li 0x3.24p+0 , 0x6.48p-1
+.Li 0x1.92p+1 , 0x3.24p+0 , 0x6.48p-1 ,
and
.Li 0xc.9p-2
are all equivalent.
-The format chosen depends on the internal representation of the
-number, but the implementation guarantees that the length of the
-mantissa will be minimized.
+.Fx 8.0
+and later always prints finite non-zero numbers using
+.Ql 1
+as the digit before the hexadecimal point.
Zeroes are always represented with a mantissa of 0 (preceded by a
.Ql -
if appropriate) and an exponent of
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