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authorzimmerma <zimmerma@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>1999-12-07 10:27:05 +0000
committerzimmerma <zimmerma@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>1999-12-07 10:27:05 +0000
commitb0ccf1ea4ea3f3a8a8ae7166ebc70f822f858843 (patch)
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downloadmpfr-b0ccf1ea4ea3f3a8a8ae7166ebc70f822f858843.tar.gz
corrected many typos found by Vincent Lefe`vre
git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk@409 280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4
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diff --git a/mpfr.texi b/mpfr.texi
index 2aea90e3a..e74f74a70 100644
--- a/mpfr.texi
+++ b/mpfr.texi
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ not be supported.
If you want to compile in a separate object directory, cd to that directory,
and prefix the configure command with the path to the MPFR source directory.
Not all @samp{make} programs have the necessary features to support this. In
-particular, SunOS and Slowaris @samp{make} have bugs that makes them unable to
+particular, SunOS and Slowaris @samp{make} have bugs that make them unable to
build from a separate object directory. Use GNU @samp{make} instead.
Also, the generated makefiles use some pattern matching rules that are not
supported by all @samp{make} programs. Again, use GNU @samp{make} instead.
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ All declarations needed to use MPFR are collected in the include file
@tindex @code{mpfr_t}
@noindent
@dfn{Floating point number} or @dfn{Float} for short, is an arbitrary precision
-mantissa with an limited precision exponent. The C data type for such objects
+mantissa with a limited precision exponent. The C data type for such objects
is @code{mpfr_t}.
@cindex Limb
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ The following four rounding modes are supported:
@end itemize
The @samp{round to nearest} mode works as in the IEEE P754 standard: in case
the number to be rounded lies exactly in the middle of two reprensentable
-numbers, it is rounded to the one with the less significant bit set to zero.
+numbers, it is rounded to the one with the least significant bit set to zero.
For example, the number 5, which is represented by (101) in binary, is rounded
to (100)=4 with a precision of two bits, and not to (110)=6.
This rule avoids the @dfn{drift} phenomena mentioned by Knuth in volume 2
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ Sets the default rounding mode to @var{rnd}.
The default rounding mode is to nearest initially.
@end deftypefun
-@deftypefun int mpfr_round (mpfr_t @var{x}, char @var{rnd}, unsigned long @var{prec})
+@deftypefun void mpfr_round (mpfr_t @var{x}, char @var{rnd}, unsigned long @var{prec})
Round @var{x} according to @var{rnd} with precision @var{prec}, which
may be different from that of @var{x}.
If @var{prec} is greater or equal to the precision of @var{x}, then new
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ Set @var{rop} to $@var{op1} \times 2^{op2}$
@end tex
@end iftex
rounded to the direction @var{rnd}. Just increases the exponent by @var{op2}
-when @var{rop} and @var{op} are identical.
+when @var{rop} and @var{op1} are identical.
@end deftypefun
@deftypefun void mpfr_div_2exp (mpfr_t @var{rop}, mpfr_t @var{op1}, unsigned long int @var{op2})
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ Set @var{rop} to $@var{op1}/2^{op2}$.
@end tex
@end iftex
rounded to the direction @var{rnd}. Just decreases the exponent by @var{op2}
-when @var{rop} and @var{op} are identical.
+when @var{rop} and @var{op1} are identical.
@end deftypefun
@node Float Comparison, I/O of Floats, Float Arithmetic, Floating-point Functions
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ Return the number of bytes written, or if an error occurred, return 0.
@deftypefun void mpfr_print_raw (mpfr_t @var{float})
Output @var{float} on stdout (should be changed to allow any io stream),
in raw binary format (the exponent is in decimal, yet).
-The last bits from the less significant limb which do not belong to
+The last bits from the least significant limb which do not belong to
the mantissa are printed between square brackets;
they should always be zero.
@end deftypefun
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ rounded with mode @var{rnd} to precision @var{yprec}.
@deftypefun int mpfr_round_raw2 (mp_limb_t* @var{x}, long @var{xn}, char @var{neg}, char @var{rnd}, unsigned long @var{prec})
Returns 0 if the multiple precision number stored in the @var{xn} limbs
-starting at @var{xp} (less significant limbs first) with sign @var{neg}
+starting at @var{xp} (least significant limbs first) with sign @var{neg}
(positive iff @var{neg} equals zero)
is rounded similarly with direction @var{rnd} and precision @var{prec}
than towards zero, and 1 otherwise.