https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f28d471fbe99f9eaac05d60ed40da47b0b56fe86 commit: f28d471fbe99f9eaac05d60ed40da47b0b56fe86 branch: main author: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]> committer: erlend-aasland <[email protected]> date: 2025-01-04T18:38:57+01:00 summary:
gh-126719: Clarify math.fmod docs (#127741) Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/math.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/math.rst b/Doc/library/math.rst index bf79b23a72bbf9..c78b313db5152d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/math.rst +++ b/Doc/library/math.rst @@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ Floating point arithmetic .. function:: fmod(x, y) - Return ``fmod(x, y)``, as defined by the platform C library. Note that the + Return the floating-point remainder of ``x / y``, + as defined by the platform C library function ``fmod(x, y)``. Note that the Python expression ``x % y`` may not return the same result. The intent of the C standard is that ``fmod(x, y)`` be exactly (mathematically; to infinite precision) equal to ``x - n*y`` for some integer *n* such that the result has _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
