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[PATCH] [BZ#13542] Fix description of carg branch cut
- From: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org>
- To: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:15:08 +1000
- Subject: [PATCH] [BZ#13542] Fix description of carg branch cut
This documentation patch has been sitting in bugzilla for a while. I
have verified that the updated description is correct.
I grabbed the name and email address for the changelog from the bugzilla
account and will commit using the --author flag. Anything else I am
missing?
2012-09-05 John Tobey <john.tobey@gmail.com>
[BZ #13542]
* manual/arith.texi (Operations on Complex): Fix description
of carg branch cut.
diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index 572808c..3f4e56a 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -1966,10 +1966,10 @@ negated imaginary part. In other words,
@samp{conj(a + bi) = a + -bi}.
These functions return the argument of the complex number @var{z}.
The argument of a complex number is the angle in the complex plane
between the positive real axis and a line passing through zero and the
-number. This angle is measured in the usual fashion and ranges from
@math{0}
-to @math{2@pi{}}.
+number. This angle is measured in the usual fashion and ranges from
+@math{-@pi{}} to @math{@pi{}}.
-@code{carg} has a branch cut along the positive real axis.
+@code{carg} has a branch cut along the negative real axis.
@end deftypefun
@comment complex.h