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Reorder NaN, INF paras

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* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Float Basics):
Reorder paragraphs so that examples follow defns.
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Paul Eggert 2023-07-13 23:55:50 -07:00
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@ -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: