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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 19cc4071..9519060e 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon them. * Floating-point Context:: Floating-point context. * Rounding Mode:: Floating-point rounding mode. * Gawk and MPFR:: How @command{gawk} provides - aribitrary-precision arithmetic. + arbitrary-precision arithmetic. * Arbitrary Precision Floats:: Arbitrary Precision Floating-point Arithmetic with @command{gawk}. * Setting Precision:: Setting the working precision. @@ -26748,18 +26748,18 @@ Donald Knuth@footnote{Donald E.@: Knuth. This @value{CHAPTER} discusses issues that you may encounter when performing arithmetic. It begins by discussing some of -the general atributes of computer arithmetic, along with how +the general attributes of computer arithmetic, along with how this can influence what you see when running @command{awk} programs. This discussion applies to all versions of @command{awk}. -Then the @value{CHAPTER} moves on to @dfn{arbitrary precsion +Then the @value{CHAPTER} moves on to @dfn{arbitrary precision arithmetic}, a feature which is specific to @command{gawk}. @menu * General Arithmetic:: An introduction to computer arithmetic. * Floating-point Programming:: Effective Floating-point Programming. * Gawk and MPFR:: How @command{gawk} provides - aribitrary-precision arithmetic. + arbitrary-precision arithmetic. * Arbitrary Precision Floats:: Arbitrary Precision Floating-point Arithmetic with @command{gawk}. * Arbitrary Precision Integers:: Arbitrary Precision Integer Arithmetic with @@ -27243,11 +27243,11 @@ $ @kbd{gawk 'BEGIN @{} @print{} 4 @end example -Can computation using aribitrary precision help with the previous examples? +Can computation using arbitrary precision help with the previous examples? If you are impatient to know, see @ref{Exact Arithmetic}. -Instead of aribitrary precision floating-point arithmetic, +Instead of arbitrary precision floating-point arithmetic, often all you need is an adjustment of your logic or a different order for the operations in your calculation. The stability and the accuracy of the computation of the constant @value{PI} @@ -27487,9 +27487,9 @@ when you change the rounding mode. @node Gawk and MPFR @section @command{gawk} + MPFR = Powerful Arithmetic -The rest of this @value{CHAPTER} decsribes how to use the arbitrary precision +The rest of this @value{CHAPTER} describes how to use the arbitrary precision (also known as @dfn{multiple precision} or @dfn{infinite precision}) numeric -capabilites in @command{gawk} to produce maximally accurate results +capabilities in @command{gawk} to produce maximally accurate results when you need it. But first you should check if your version of @@ -27664,7 +27664,7 @@ issues that occur because numbers are stored internally in binary. The @code{ROUNDMODE} variable provides program level control over the rounding mode. -The correspondance between @code{ROUNDMODE} and the IEEE +The correspondence between @code{ROUNDMODE} and the IEEE rounding modes is shown in @ref{table-gawk-rounding-modes}. @float Table,table-gawk-rounding-modes @@ -30790,7 +30790,7 @@ git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gawk.git @end example Once you have made changes, you can use @samp{git diff} to produce a -patch, and send that to the @command{gawk} maintainer; see @ref{Bugs} +patch, and send that to the @command{gawk} maintainer; see @ref{Bugs}, for how to do that. Finally, if you cannot install Git (e.g., if it hasn't been ported @@ -30902,7 +30902,8 @@ of @code{switch} statements, instead of just the plain pointer or character value. @item -Use the @code{TRUE}, @code{FALSE} and @code{NULL} symbolic constants +Use @code{true}, @code{false} for @code{bool} values, +the @code{NULL} symbolic constant for pointer values, and the character constant @code{'\0'} where appropriate, instead of @code{1} and @code{0}. @@ -31235,7 +31236,7 @@ the "real" changes and the second with "everything else needed for Most of the above was originally written by the maintainer to other @command{gawk} developers. It raised the objection from one of -the devlopers ``@dots{} that anybody pulling down the source from +the developers ``@dots{} that anybody pulling down the source from @command{git} is not an end user.'' However, this is not true. There are ``power @command{awk} users'' |