[Python-checkins] r67862 - python/trunk/Doc/library/math.rst

Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Sat Dec 20 10:17:27 CET 2008


From: "Mark Dickinson" <dickinsm at gmail.com>
> <benjamin.peterson> writes:
>> -   Return the fractional and integer parts of *x*.  Both results carry
>>      the sign of
>> -   *x*, and both are floats.
>> +   Return the fractional and integer parts of *x*.  Both results carry
>>       the sign
>> +   of *x*, and both are floats.  The integer part is returned as a real.
> 
> Isn't the extra sentence redundant here, given the 'both are floats'
> clause?
> 
> Also, I think 'float' is better than 'real' in this context;  the docstring
> should probably be fixed.

I concur.


Raymond


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