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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-12-01 15:32:43 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-12-01 15:32:43 (GMT)
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Add missing word, and add a better reference to the actual function.
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@@ -1322,8 +1322,8 @@ groups from right to left).
true numerically due to roundoff. For example, and assuming a platform on which
a Python float is an IEEE 754 double-precision number, in order that ``-1e-100 %
1e100`` have the same sign as ``1e100``, the computed result is ``-1e-100 +
- 1e100``, which is numerically exactly equal to ``1e100``. Function :func:`fmod`
- in the :mod:`math` module returns a result whose sign matches the sign of the
+ 1e100``, which is numerically exactly equal to ``1e100``. The function
+ :func:`math.fmod` returns a result whose sign matches the sign of the
first argument instead, and so returns ``-1e-100`` in this case. Which approach
is more appropriate depends on the application.
@@ -1344,7 +1344,8 @@ groups from right to left).
the :keyword:`is` operator, like those involving comparisons between instance
methods, or constants. Check their documentation for more info.
-.. [#] The ``%`` is also used for string formatting; the same precedence applies.
+.. [#] The ``%`` operator is also used for string formatting; the same
+ precedence applies.
.. [#] The power operator ``**`` binds less tightly than an arithmetic or
bitwise unary operator on its right, that is, ``2**-1`` is ``0.5``.