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@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ Tcl_PrintDouble \- Convert floating value to string
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_Interp *interp out
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Before Tcl 8.0, the \fBtcl_precision\fR variable in this interpreter
-controlled the conversion. As of Tcl 8.0, this argument is ignored and
-the conversion is controlled by the \fBtcl_precision\fR variable
-that is now shared by all interpreters.
+This argument is ignored.
.AP double value in
Floating-point value to be converted.
.AP char *dst out
@@ -41,9 +38,7 @@ so that it does not look like an integer. Where \fB%g\fR would
generate an integer with no decimal point, \fBTcl_PrintDouble\fR adds
.QW .0 .
.PP
-If the \fBtcl_precision\fR value is non-zero, the result will have
-precisely that many digits of significance. If the value is zero
-(the default), the result will have the fewest digits needed to
+The result will have the fewest digits needed to
represent the number in such a way that \fBTcl_NewDoubleObj\fR
will generate the same number when presented with the given string.
IEEE semantics of rounding to even apply to the conversion.