# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 985576678 0
# Node ID 3a9bdf46b7db1b43c30eca3d19820394141daea0
# Parent  a206784e7db97c197040a61c8863bb86137e7759
Floating point is always available; say a little about what it is.

diff -r a206784e7db9 -r 3a9bdf46b7db lispref/objects.texi
--- a/lispref/objects.texi	Mon Mar 26 03:14:34 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/objects.texi	Mon Mar 26 03:17:58 2001 +0000
@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@
 @node Floating Point Type
 @subsection Floating Point Type
 
-  Emacs supports floating point numbers (though there is a compilation
-option to disable them).  The precise range of floating point numbers is
-machine-specific.
+  Floating point numbers are the computer equivalent of scientific
+notation.  The precise number of significant figures and the range of
+possible exponents is machine-specific; Emacs always uses the C data
+type @code{double} to store the value.
 
   The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either
 a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or