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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-08-08 12:48:31 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-08-09 16:56:01 +0200
commit0d279d2378c144fa119bacbd7f18685698739d55 (patch)
treece9ae9273dc244912f7f2dc148843e5f44eab1a6
parentc339cff4a6af0c83de0e32e6766258d35f0b9cb6 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-0d279d2378c144fa119bacbd7f18685698739d55.tar.xz
* coreutils.texi (factor invocation, expr invocation): Adjust wording.
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi21
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index f5a2e41a1..9d9eeb008 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -11068,18 +11068,19 @@ however.
By default, @command{expr} performs operations using native arithmetic
types, but if a numeric overflow occurs and @command{expr} was built
-with support for the GNU MP library, @command{expr}, it will switch to
-using arbitrary-precision arithmetic.
+with support for the GNU MP library, @command{expr}, it
+uses arbitrary-precision arithmetic.
Apart from @option{--help} and @option{--version} (@pxref{Common
options}), the following options are supported:
@table @samp
@item --bignum
-Forces the use of the GNU MP library.
+Perform arithmetic operations using unlimited precision via the GNU MP library.
@item --no-bignum
-Forces the use of native operations only. In the event of a numeric
-overflow, @command{expr} will fail, even if GNU MP is available.
+Use only limited-precision native operations.
+In the event of numeric overflow, @command{expr} fails,
+even if GNU MP is available.
@end table
@cindex exit status of @command{expr}
@@ -14412,13 +14413,13 @@ Print a short help on standard output, then exit without further
processing.
@item --bignum
-Forces the use of the GNU MP library. By default, @command{factor}
-selects between using GNU MP and using native operations on the basis
-of the length of the number to be factored.
+Always use unlimited precision arithmetic via the GNU MP library.
+By default, @command{factor} selects between using GNU MP and using
+native operations on the basis of the length of the number to be factored.
@item --no-bignum
-Forces the use of native operations instead of GNU MP. This causes
-@command{factor} to fail for larger inputs.
+Always use limited-precision native operations, not GNU MP.
+This causes @command{factor} to fail for larger inputs.
@item --version
Print the program version on standard output, then exit without further