#DOCUMENTATION by exept
authorClaus Gittinger <cg@exept.de>
Sun, 01 Dec 2019 05:19:15 +0100
changeset 25011 ca3b06227ff4
parent 25010 b6ca5e1a1592
child 25012 dfb386377f96
#DOCUMENTATION by exept class: LargeFloat class comment/format in: #coerce: #eBias
LargeFloat.st
--- a/LargeFloat.st	Sun Dec 01 05:18:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/LargeFloat.st	Sun Dec 01 05:19:15 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
-
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 2003 by eXept Software AG
               All Rights Reserved
@@ -339,7 +337,7 @@
 !LargeFloat class methodsFor:'coercing & converting'!
 
 coerce:aNumber
-    "return the argument as a LargeFloat"
+    "convert the argument aNumber into an instance of the receiver (class) and return it."
 
     ^ aNumber asLargeFloat
 ! !
@@ -444,6 +442,9 @@
 !
 
 eBias
+    "Answer the exponent's bias;
+     that is the offset of the zero exponent when stored"
+
     ^ 0
 !