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diff --git a/Doc/library/fpectl.rst b/Doc/library/fpectl.rst index fb15f69..e4b528c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fpectl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fpectl.rst @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ .. module:: fpectl :platform: Unix :synopsis: Provide control for floating point exception handling. + .. moduleauthor:: Lee Busby <busby1@llnl.gov> .. sectionauthor:: Lee Busby <busby1@llnl.gov> - .. note:: The :mod:`fpectl` module is not built by default, and its usage is discouraged @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ .. index:: single: IEEE-754 +-------------- + Most computers carry out floating point operations in conformance with the so-called IEEE-754 standard. On any real computer, some floating point operations produce results that cannot be expressed as a normal floating point |