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Correct documentation of FLT_EPSILON.
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2012-02-17 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>

[BZ #5077]
* manual/lang.texi (FLT_EPSILON): Avoid description depending on
rounding modes.

2012-02-17 Fabrice Bauzac <fabrice.bauzac@wanadoo.fr>

[BZ #6907]
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* The following bugs are resolved with this release:

174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 6907, 9902, 10140, 10210,
11494, 12047, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532,
13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618
174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5077, 5805, 6884, 6907, 9902, 10140,
10210, 11494, 12047, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531,
13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618

* ISO C11 support:

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@comment ISO
@item FLT_EPSILON

This is the minimum positive floating point number of type @code{float}
such that @code{1.0 + FLT_EPSILON != 1.0} is true. It's supposed to
This is the difference between 1 and the smallest floating point
number of type @code{float} that is greater than 1. It's supposed to
be no greater than @code{1E-5}.

@comment float.h
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