# HG changeset patch
# User Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
# Date 1072873022 0
# Node ID a603854deb89ac2f5fa90b32c34d1fb30bb2db6a
# Parent  f95284801b48a69df4786942d8a61f9c8a337ba0
(Math Functions): sqrt reports a domain-error
error.
(Float Basics): Use `(/ 0.0 0.0)' instead of `(sqrt -1.0)'.

diff -r f95284801b48 -r a603854deb89 lispref/numbers.texi
--- a/lispref/numbers.texi	Wed Dec 31 02:46:07 2003 +0000
+++ b/lispref/numbers.texi	Wed Dec 31 12:17:02 2003 +0000
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 which provides for positive infinity and negative infinity as floating point
 values.  It also provides for a class of values called NaN or
 ``not-a-number''; numerical functions return such values in cases where
-there is no correct answer.  For example, @code{(sqrt -1.0)} returns a
+there is no correct answer.  For example, @code{(/ 0.0 0.0)} returns a
 NaN.  For practical purposes, there's no significant difference between
 different NaN values in Emacs Lisp, and there's no rule for precisely
 which NaN value should be used in a particular case, so Emacs Lisp
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@
 
 @defun sqrt arg
 This returns the square root of @var{arg}.  If @var{arg} is negative,
-the value is a NaN.
+it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
 @end defun
 
 @node Random Numbers