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authorMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2016-05-08 12:22:37 (GMT)
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Issue #26512: Clarify Integral; tidy up table of rounding functions
Based on patch by Julien.
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@@ -361,19 +361,22 @@ Notes:
All :class:`numbers.Real` types (:class:`int` and :class:`float`) also include
the following operations:
-+--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
-| Operation | Result | Notes |
-+====================+====================================+========+
-| ``math.trunc(x)`` | *x* truncated to Integral | |
-+--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
-| ``round(x[, n])`` | *x* rounded to n digits, | |
-| | rounding half to even. If n is | |
-| | omitted, it defaults to 0. | |
-+--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
-| ``math.floor(x)`` | the greatest integral float <= *x* | |
-+--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
-| ``math.ceil(x)`` | the least integral float >= *x* | |
-+--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
+| Operation | Result |
++====================+=============================================+
+| :func:`math.trunc(\| *x* truncated to :class:`~numbers.Integral` |
+| x) <math.trunc>` | |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
+| :func:`round(x[, | *x* rounded to *n* digits, |
+| n]) <round>` | rounding half to even. If *n* is |
+| | omitted, it defaults to 0. |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
+| :func:`math.floor(\| the greatest :class:`~numbers.Integral` |
+| x) <math.floor>` | <= *x* |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
+| :func:`math.ceil(x)| the least :class:`~numbers.Integral` >= *x* |
+| <math.ceil>` | |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
For additional numeric operations see the :mod:`math` and :mod:`cmath`
modules.