[PATCH v2 3/3] manual: Cube roots are rarely representable

Alejandro Colomar alx@kernel.org
Sat Mar 30 19:07:38 GMT 2024


On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 02:50:58PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:
> > -  It's actually contrary to the intent of the commit, which is removing
> >    text that claims that cube roots are representable, which is false.
> 
> I meant that the function's return value is always representable, i.e.,
> doesn't overflow, underflow, or produce NaNs.
> 
> I'm not trying to be mathematically pedantic here.  I'm just suggesting
> that the patch subject should reflect the change, so that someone
> searching for it has something relevent to look for.  Even something as
> trivial as "Cube roots: clarify return values" would be better.

Hmmm.  How about "manual: Clarify return value of cbrt(3)"?
I'll send a revision of the patch set with it.

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