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master 01b80a6f0e4: Reorder NaN, INF paras


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: master 01b80a6f0e4: Reorder NaN, INF paras
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:56:17 -0400 (EDT)

branch: master
commit 01b80a6f0e40a4390717a79a73c61899e2ec2968
Author: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Commit: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>

    Reorder NaN, INF paras
    
    * doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Float Basics):
    Reorder paragraphs so that examples follow defns.
---
 doc/lispref/numbers.texi | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
index a49afb73539..071ec0f518d 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -279,12 +279,6 @@ whether they are numerically equal.  For example, when 
@var{x} and
 conversely, @code{(equal 0.0 -0.0)} returns @code{nil} whereas
 @code{(= 0.0 -0.0)} returns @code{t}.
 
-  Infinities and NaNs are not available on legacy systems that lack
-IEEE floating-point arithmetic.  On a circa 1980 VAX, for example,
-Lisp reads @samp{1.0e+INF} as a large but finite floating-point number,
-and @samp{0.0e+NaN} as some other non-numeric Lisp object that provokes an
-error if used numerically.
-
 Here are read syntaxes for these special floating-point values:
 
 @table @asis
@@ -294,6 +288,12 @@ Here are read syntaxes for these special floating-point 
values:
 @samp{0.0e+NaN} and @samp{-0.0e+NaN}
 @end table
 
+  Infinities and NaNs are not available on legacy systems that lack
+IEEE floating-point arithmetic.  On a circa 1980 VAX, for example,
+Lisp reads @samp{1.0e+INF} as a large but finite floating-point number,
+and @samp{0.0e+NaN} as some other non-numeric Lisp object that provokes an
+error if used numerically.
+
   The following functions are specialized for handling floating-point
 numbers:
 



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