On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 15:14 +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > > > In the info docs, Chapter 14 is "Input and Output" and section 14.1 > > is "Basic Input and Output". 14.1.1 is "Terminal Output", 14.1.3 is > > "Simple File I/O" etc. > > > > But section 14.1.4 is titled "Rational Approximations" and refers to > > rat (X, TOL), a rational approximation to X within tolerance defined > > by TOL using a continued fraction expansion. > > > Well, the rat() and rats() functions are somehow related to output formats. > By the way, "help rat" says "See also: format" and format() has "rat" as a > possible option. >
Oh I see. They must have put it there in Sect 14.1 because of the format() option. format() is in Section 14.1.1. > I am not sure this is a bug, though. If you really think it is, please > reply to this message with further arguments and I will forward the bug > report upstream. You're probably right, on account of the format() connection, it's not really a bug. Whether the rat() functions are useful outside of the format() function is an interesting question, so I might leave the bug open for further discussion. I might raise the question upstream, say on their mailing list. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
