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man/man3/scalb*.3: NAME: Document the meaning of the name of these functions
authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Sun, 8 Jun 2025 18:17:14 +0000 (20:17 +0200)
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Sun, 8 Jun 2025 21:17:03 +0000 (23:17 +0200)
Cc: Alex Celeste <alexg.nvfp@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Jorenar <dev@jorenar.com>
Suggested-by: "Fred J. Tydeman" <tydeman@tybor.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
man/man3/scalb.3
man/man3/scalbln.3

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@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 .\"
 .TH scalb 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
-scalb, scalbf, scalbl \- multiply floating-point number
-by integral power of radix (OBSOLETE)
+scalb, scalbf, scalbl
+\-
+scale by an integer power of radix (OBSOLETE)
 .SH LIBRARY
 Math library
 .RI ( libm ,\~ \-lm )
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .TH scalbln 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
 scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl, scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl \-
-multiply floating-point number by integral power of radix
+scale by an integer power of radix
 .SH LIBRARY
 Math library
 .RI ( libm ,\~ \-lm )