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#FEATURE by exept
authorClaus Gittinger <cg@exept.de>
Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:12:27 +0100
changeset 5337 390df14ceffd
parent 5336 24b6605706cb
child 5338 05801efc9fb3
#FEATURE by exept class: QuadFloat class comment/format in: #numBitsInMantissa
QuadFloat.st file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions 
--- a/QuadFloat.st	Sun Dec 01 16:12:19 2019 +0100
+++ b/QuadFloat.st	Sun Dec 01 16:12:27 2019 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
+
 "{ Package: 'stx:libbasic2' }"
 
 "{ NameSpace: Smalltalk }"
@@ -516,10 +518,9 @@
 !
 
 numBitsInMantissa
-    "answer the number of bits in the mantissa
-     the hidden bit is not counted here:
-
-     This is an 128bit quadfloat, where 112 bits are available in the mantissa:
+    "answer the number of bits in the mantissa (the significant)
+     This is an 128bit quadfloat, where 112 bits are available in the mantissa 
+     (the hidden bit is not counted here):
         seeeeeee eeeeeeee mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm...
     "
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