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gh-110383: Clarify "non-integral" wording in pow() docs #119688
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You should rename this to have the issue number in the description. For example, calling it |
Thanks for the PR! It is preferable to fix only one issue per PR; even one-liners. This is because different changes may have different backporting needs. |
While both terms can be used to mean the same thing, "non-integer number" is the more precise and commonly used term. "Non-integral number" might sometimes be used in a broader sense in certain mathematical contexts, but it generally carries the same meaning as "non-integer number" when referring to real numbers.
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Apart from the leading whitespace in L1565 (IIRC), this looks like an improvement to me. I'll wait for @mdickinson's thumbs up before landing, though.
Thanks!
ISTM Mark's remark has been addressed; I'll merge this later today :) |
Addressed indeed! Thank you. |
Thanks @adiaholic for the PR, and @erlend-aasland for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.12, 3.13. |
…GH-119688) (cherry picked from commit 6646a9d) Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <adityaborikar2@gmail.com>
GH-120206 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch. |
…GH-119688) (cherry picked from commit 6646a9d) Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <adityaborikar2@gmail.com>
GH-120207 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.12 branch. |
A big thanks to everyone involved :) |
This PR is a fix for an issue listed in #110383.
Use widely used non-integer instead of non-integral.
While both terms can be used to mean the same thing, "non-integer number" is the more precise and commonly used term. "Non-integral number" might sometimes be used in a broader sense in certain mathematical contexts, but it generally carries the same meaning as "non-integer number" when referring to real numbers.