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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-17 23:46:51 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-17 23:46:51 +0000
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Correct documentation of FLT_EPSILON.
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@comment ISO
@item FLT_EPSILON
-This is the minimum positive floating point number of type @code{float}
-such that @code{1.0 + FLT_EPSILON != 1.0} is true. It's supposed to
+This is the difference between 1 and the smallest floating point
+number of type @code{float} that is greater than 1. It's supposed to
be no greater than @code{1E-5}.
@comment float.h