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| author | Pierre Fenoll <[email protected]> | 2018-08-07 14:48:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Pierre Fenoll <[email protected]> | 2018-08-07 14:48:41 +0200 |
| commit | 70b5549473edfedba6c2af70e6b8e446f7c4e92b (patch) | |
| tree | 98c546c1c95cd7866509508578175ca6a298201b /system/doc | |
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Document how atoms are ordered
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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml index 94e40dd077..7eaa575f80 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml @@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ number < atom < reference < fun < port < pid < tuple < map ascending term order and then by values in key order. In maps key order integers types are considered less than floats types. </p> + <p>Atoms are compared using their string value, character by character. + </p> <p>When comparing an integer to a float, the term with the lesser precision is converted into the type of the other term, unless the operator is one of <c>=:=</c> or <c>=/=</c>. A float is more precise than |