Attachment 15671 Details for Bug 28972 – ddd

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Creator: Stephen Montgomery-Smith

Created: 2001-07-15 17:06:37 UTC

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>--- lgamma.3-orig	Sun Jul 15 10:59:56 2001
>+++ lgamma.3	Sun Jul 15 11:03:22 2001
>@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
> returns the sign of \(*G(x).
> .Pp
> .Fn Gamma x
>-returns \(*G(x), with no effect on
>+returns ln\||\(*G(x)|, with no effect on
> .Fa signgam .
> .Sh IDIOSYNCRASIES
> Do not use the expression
>@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@
> Only after
> .Fn lgamma
> has returned can signgam be correct.
>-.Pp
>-For arguments in its range,
>-.Fn gamma
>-is preferred, as for positive arguments
>-it is accurate to within one unit in the last place.
>-Exponentiation of
>-.Fn lgamma
>-will lose up to 10 significant bits.
>+.\.Pp
>+.\For arguments in its range,
>+.\.Fn gamma
>+.\is preferred, as for positive arguments
>+.\it is accurate to within one unit in the last place.
>+.\Exponentiation of
>+.\.Fn lgamma
>+.\will lose up to 10 significant bits.
> .Sh RETURN VALUES
> .Fn Gamma
> and
>@@ -123,4 +123,12 @@
> .Fn gamma
> was originally dedicated to the
> .Fn lgamma
>-function, so some old code may no longer be compatible.
>+function, but then some old code was no longer compatible.
>+Then the name
>+.Fn gamma
>+came to mean a function that computed \(*G(x).  But this caused other
>+compatibility
>+problems, so now 
>+.Fn gamma
>+computes ln\||\(*G(x)|.  But it uses a different algorithm, and it doesn't set 
>+.Fa signgam .

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