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| author | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2014-03-28 06:39:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2014-03-28 10:06:47 +0100 |
| commit | e7a5051a43f9adcc564745c9c62f471fbdf253fb (patch) | |
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Correct description of the REAL type
REAL is implemented, sort of. But real numbers must be given in
a string.
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diff --git a/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml b/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml index 497ea9bd2b..83de80e906 100644 --- a/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml +++ b/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml @@ -562,20 +562,18 @@ T6value3 = white <section> <marker id="REAL"></marker> <title>REAL</title> - <p>In this version reals are not implemented. When they are, - the following - ASN.1 type is used:</p> + <p>The following ASN.1 type is used for real numbers:</p> <pre> R1 ::= REAL </pre> - <p>Can be assigned a value in Erlang as:</p> + <p>It can be assigned a value in Erlang as:</p> <pre> -R1value1 = 2.14, +R1value1 = "2.14", R1value2 = {256,10,-2}, </pre> <p>In the last line note that the tuple {256,10,-2} is the real number 2.56 in a special notation, which will encode faster than simply - stating the number as 2.56. The arity three tuple is + stating the number as <c>"2.56"</c>. The arity three tuple is <c>{Mantissa,Base,Exponent}</c> i.e. Mantissa * Base^Exponent.</p> </section> |