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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2024-03-15 23:31:32 -0500 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2024-03-15 23:31:32 -0500 |
| commit | 7e2d0ad1676781b2397ad8361515de871b03f7c5 (patch) | |
| tree | b1df1ab7e7b10f9c14a9faf8b0b943e0ebf0affe | |
| parent | e7201b6a194f883e5b2ccf448e8f5d02255b118b (diff) | |
[docs]: Clarify groff's integer size.
groff has never targeted any 16-bit machines as far as I know.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/groff.texi.in | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/groff.7.man | 2 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in index 0eead3534..0897aa73c 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi.in +++ b/doc/groff.texi.in @@ -6194,7 +6194,7 @@ GNU @code{troff} provides a set of mathematical and logical operators familiar to programmers---as well as some unusual ones---but supports only integer arithmetic.@footnote{Provision is made for interpreting and reporting decimal fractions in certain cases.} The internal data type -used for computing results depends on the host machine but is usually a +used for computing results depends on the host machine but is at least a 32-bit signed integer, which suffices to represent magnitudes within a range of ±2 billion.@footnote{If that's not enough, see the @cite{groff_tmac@r{(5)}} man page for the @file{62bit.tmac} macro diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man index 3c78f8a1a..72527daf1 100644 --- a/man/groff.7.man +++ b/man/groff.7.man @@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ integer arithmetic. reporting decimal fractions in certain cases.) . The internal data type used for computing results depends on the host -machine but is usually a 32-bit signed integer, +machine but is at least a 32-bit signed integer, which suffices to represent magnitudes within a range of \[+-]2 billion. . |