s/sign/sign bit/ to remove ambiguty in description.

See Debian bug 435415.
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Michael Kerrisk 2007-08-10 08:26:38 +00:00
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@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
The
.BR copysign ()
functions return a value whose absolute value matches
that of \fIx\fP, but whose sign matches that of \fIy\fP.
If \fIx\fP is a NaN, then a NaN with the sign of \fIy\fP is returned.
that of \fIx\fP, but whose sign bit matches that of \fIy\fP.
If \fIx\fP is a NaN, then a NaN with the sign bit of \fIy\fP is returned.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99, 4.3BSD.
This function is defined in IEC 559 (and the appendix with