Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: explicitly mention 'inf' values in seq(1) documentation

[Eric Blake]

On 07/29/2014 03:44 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 07/29/2014 09:33 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> -@code{-10e100}.  Modern C implementations also accept hexadecimal
>> -floating point numbers such as @code{-0x.ep-3}, which stands for
>> -@minus{}14/16 times @math{2^-3}, which equals @minus{}0.109375.  The
>> -@env{LC_NUMERIC} locale determines the decimal-point character.
>> -@xref{Parsing of Floats,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
>> +@code{-10e100}.  Commands that parse floating point also understand
>> +case-insensitive @code{inf}, @code{infinity}, and @code{NaN}, although
>> +whether such values are useful depends on the command in question.
>> +Modern C implementations also accept hexadecimal floating point
>> +numbers such as @code{-0x.ep-3}, which stands for @minus{}14/16 times
>> +@math{2^-3}, which equals @minus{}0.109375.  The @env{LC_NUMERIC}
>> +locale determines the decimal-point character.  @xref{Parsing of
>> +Floats,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
> 
> I like it.

Pushed.

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