changeset 10895:4176c5c62138

Imrove documentation string for sizemax
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:31:06 -0700
parents 89f13bc14494
children f7c3364947dd
files src/ChangeLog src/bitfcns.cc
diffstat 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/ChangeLog	Mon Aug 16 17:35:48 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Tue Aug 17 17:31:06 2010 -0700
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 2010-08-13  Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
 
+	* bitfcns.cc (sizemax): Improve documentation string.
+
+2010-08-13  Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
 	* toplev.c (do_goto_frame_relative): Remove unused variable c.
 
 2010-08-13  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
--- a/src/bitfcns.cc	Mon Aug 16 17:35:48 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/bitfcns.cc	Tue Aug 17 17:31:06 2010 -0700
@@ -670,10 +670,11 @@
 DEFUN (sizemax, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} sizemax ()\n\
-Return the largest value that is allowed as the size of an array.\n\
+Return the largest value allowed for the size of an array.\n\
 If Octave is compiled with 64-bit indexing, the result is of class int64,\n\
-otherwise it is of class int32.  It will be a tiny bit lower than the maximum\n\
-allowable value for that type, as reported by intmax.\n\
+otherwise it is of class int32.  The maximum array size is slightly\n\
+smaller than the maximum value allowable for the relevant class as reported\n\
+by @code{intmax}.\n\
 @seealso{intmax}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
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