math: doc

R=r
DELTA=173  (74 added, 14 deleted, 85 changed)
OCL=25753
CL=25767

src/lib/math/asin.go

@@ -13,21 +13,18 @@ import "math"
  * Arctan is called after appropriate range reduction.
  */
 
-func Asin(arg float64) float64 {
-	var temp, x float64;
-	var sign bool;
-
-	sign = false;
-	x = arg;
+// Asin returns the arc sine of x.
+func Asin(x float64) float64 {
+	sign := false;
 	if x < 0 {
 		x = -x;
 		sign = true;
 	}
-	if arg > 1 {
+	if x > 1 {
 		return NaN();
 	}
 
-	temp = Sqrt(1 - x*x);
+	temp := Sqrt(1 - x*x);
 	if x > 0.7 {
 		temp = Pi/2 - Atan(temp/x);
 	} else {
@@ -40,9 +37,10 @@ func Asin(arg float64) float64 {
 	return temp;
 }
 
-func Acos(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg > 1 || arg < -1 {
+// Acos returns the arc cosine of x.
+func Acos(x float64) float64 {
+	if x > 1 || x < -1 {
 		return NaN();
 	}
-	return Pi/2 - Asin(arg);
+	return Pi/2 - Asin(x);
 }

src/lib/math/atan.go

@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ func satan(arg float64) float64 {
  *	atan makes its argument positive and
  *	calls the inner routine satan.
  */
-func Atan(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg > 0 {
-		return satan(arg);
+
+// Atan returns the arc tangent of x.
+func Atan(x float64) float64 {
+	if x > 0 {
+		return satan(x);
 	}
-	return -satan(-arg);
+	return -satan(-x);
 }

src/lib/math/atan2.go

@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ package math
 
 import "math"
 
-/*
- *	atan2 discovers what quadrant the angle
- *	is in and calls atan.
- */
-func Atan2(arg1, arg2 float64) float64 {
-	if arg1+arg2 == arg1 {
-		if arg1 >= 0 {
+// Atan returns the arc tangent of y/x, using
+// the signs of the two to determine the quadrant
+// of the return value.
+func Atan2(x, y float64) float64 {
+	// Determine the quadrant and call atan.
+	if x+y == x {
+		if x >= 0 {
 			return Pi/2;
 		}
 		return -Pi/2;
 	}
-	x := Atan(arg1/arg2);
-	if arg2 < 0 {
-		if x <= 0 {
-			return x + Pi;
+	q := Atan(x/y);
+	if y < 0 {
+		if q <= 0 {
+			return q + Pi;
 		}
-		return x - Pi;
+		return q - Pi;
 	}
-	return x;
+	return q;
 }

src/lib/math/const.go

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
+// The math package provides basic constants and mathematical functions.
 package math
 
+// Mathematical constants.
+// Reference: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/Axxxxxx
 const (
-	// Mathematical constants.
-	// Reference: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/Axxxxxx
-
 	E	= 2.71828182845904523536028747135266249775724709369995957496696763;  // A001113
 	Pi	= 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459;  // A000796
 	Phi	= 1.61803398874989484820458683436563811772030917980576286213544862;  // A001622
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ const (
 	Ln10	= 2.30258509299404568401799145468436420760110148862877297603332790;  // A002392
 	Log10E	= 1/Ln10;
 )
+
+// BUG(rsc): The manual should define the special cases for all of these functions.

src/lib/math/exp.go

@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ import "math"
 // compiler will convert from decimal to binary accurately enough
 // to produce the hexadecimal values shown.
 
+// Exp returns e^x, the base-e exponential of x.
+//
+// Special cases are:
+//	Exp(+Inf) = +Inf
+//	Exp(NaN) = NaN
+// Very large values overflow to -Inf or +Inf.
+// Very small values underflow to 1.
 func Exp(x float64) float64 {
 	const (
 		Ln2Hi	= 6.93147180369123816490e-01;

src/lib/math/fabs.go

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 package math
 
-func Fabs(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg < 0 {
-		return -arg;
+// Fabs returns the absolute value of x.
+func Fabs(x float64) float64 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		return -x;
 	}
-	return arg;
+	return x;
 }
 

src/lib/math/floor.go

@@ -6,23 +6,20 @@ package math
 
 import "math"
 
-/*
- * floor and ceil-- greatest integer <= arg
- * (resp least >=)
- */
-
-func Floor(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg < 0 {
-		d, fract := Modf(-arg);
+// Floor returns the greatest integer value less than or equal to x.
+func Floor(x float64) float64 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		d, fract := Modf(-x);
 		if fract != 0.0 {
 			d = d+1;
 		}
 		return -d;
 	}
-	d, fract := Modf(arg);
+	d, fract := Modf(x);
 	return d;
 }
 
-func Ceil(arg float64) float64 {
-	return -Floor(-arg);
+// Ceil returns the least integer value greater than or equal to x.
+func Ceil(x float64) float64 {
+	return -Floor(-x);
 }

src/lib/math/fmod.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import "math"
  *	floating-point mod func without infinity or NaN checking
  */
 
+// Fmod returns the floating-point remainder of x/y.
 func Fmod(x, y float64) float64 {
 	if y == 0 {
 		return x;

src/lib/math/hypot.go

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ package math
  *	Vol. 27, Number 6, pp. 577-581, Nov. 1983
  */
 
+// Hypot computes Sqrt(p*p + q*q), taking care to avoid
+// unnecessary overflow and underflow.
 func Hypot(p, q float64) float64 {
 	if p < 0 {
 		p = -p;

src/lib/math/log.go

@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ import "math"
 // compiler will convert from decimal to binary accurately enough
 // to produce the hexadecimal values shown.
 
+// Log returns the natural logarithm of x.
+//
+// Special cases are:
+//	Log(+Inf) = +Inf
+//	Log(0) = -Inf
+//	Log(x < 0) = NaN
+//	Log(NaN) = NaN
 func Log(x float64) float64 {
 	const (
 		Ln2Hi = 6.93147180369123816490e-01;	/* 3fe62e42 fee00000 */
@@ -113,11 +120,12 @@ func Log(x float64) float64 {
 	return k*Ln2Hi - ((hfsq-(s*(hfsq+R)+k*Ln2Lo)) - f);
 }
 
-func Log10(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg <= 0 {
+// Log10 returns the decimal logarthm of x.
+// The special cases are the same as for Log.
+func Log10(x float64) float64 {
+	if x <= 0 {
 		return NaN();
 	}
-	return Log(arg) * (1/Ln10);
+	return Log(x) * (1/Ln10);
 }
 
-

src/lib/math/pow.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package math
 
 import "math"
 
-// x^y: exponentiation
+// Pow returns x**y, the base-x exponential of y.
 func Pow(x, y float64) float64 {
 	// TODO: x or y NaN, ±Inf, maybe ±0.
 	switch {

src/lib/math/pow10.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package math
 
 var	pow10tab	[70]float64;
 
+// Pow10 returns 10**x, the base-10 exponential of x.
 func Pow10(e int) float64 {
 	if e < 0 {
 		return 1/Pow10(-e);

src/lib/math/runtime.go

@@ -7,14 +7,46 @@ package math
 // implemented in C, in ../../runtime
 // perhaps one day the implementations will move here.
 
+// Float32bits returns the IEEE 754 binary representation of f.
 func Float32bits(f float32) (b uint32)
+
+// Float32frombits returns the floating point number corresponding
+// to the IEEE 754 binary representation b.
 func Float32frombits(b uint32) (f float32)
+
+// Float64bits returns the IEEE 754 binary representation of f.
 func Float64bits(f float64) (b uint64)
+
+// Float64frombits returns the floating point number corresponding
+// the IEEE 754 binary representation b.
 func Float64frombits(b uint64) (f float64)
+
+// Frexp breaks f into a normalized fraction
+// and an integral power of two.
+// It returns frac and exp satisfying f == frac × 2<sup>exp</sup>,
+// with the absolute value of frac in the interval [½, 1).
 func Frexp(f float64) (frac float64, exp int)
+
+// Inf returns positive infinity if sign >= 0, negative infinity if sign < 0.
 func Inf(sign int32) (f float64)
+
+// IsInf returns whether f is an infinity, according to sign.
+// If sign > 0, IsInf returns whether f is positive infinity.
+// If sign < 0, IsInf returns whether f is negative infinity.
+// If sign == 0, IsInf returns whether f is either infinity.
 func IsInf(f float64, sign int) (is bool)
+
+// IsNaN returns whether f is an IEEE 754 ``not-a-number'' value.
 func IsNaN(f float64) (is bool)
+
+// Ldexp is the inverse of Frexp.
+// It returns frac × 2<sup>exp</sup>.
 func Ldexp(frac float64, exp int) (f float64)
+
+// Modf returns integer and fractional floating-point numbers
+// that sum to f.
+// Integer and frac have the same sign as f.
 func Modf(f float64) (integer float64, frac float64)
+
+// NaN returns an IEEE 754 ``not-a-number'' value.
 func NaN() (f float64)

src/lib/math/sin.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package math
 
 import "math"
 
-func sinus(arg float64, quad int) float64 {
+func sinus(x float64, quad int) float64 {
 	// Coefficients are #3370 from Hart & Cheney (18.80D).
 	const
 	(
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ func sinus(arg float64, quad int) float64 {
 		Q2	=  .9463096101538208180571257e4;
 		Q3	=  .1326534908786136358911494e3;
 	)
-	x := arg;
 	if(x < 0) {
 		x = -x;
 		quad = quad+2;
@@ -52,13 +51,15 @@ func sinus(arg float64, quad int) float64 {
 	return temp1/temp2;
 }
 
-func Cos(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg < 0 {
-		arg = -arg;
+// Cos returns the cosine of x.
+func Cos(x float64) float64 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		x = -x;
 	}
-	return sinus(arg, 1);
+	return sinus(x, 1);
 }
 
-func Sin(arg float64) float64 {
-	return sinus(arg, 0);
+// Sin returns the sine of x.
+func Sin(x float64) float64 {
+	return sinus(x, 0);
 }

src/lib/math/sinh.go

@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ package math
 import "math"
 
 /*
- *	sinh(arg) returns the hyperbolic sine of its floating-
- *	point argument.
+ *	Sinh(x) returns the hyperbolic sine of x
  *
  *	The exponential func is called for arguments
  *	greater in magnitude than 0.5.
  *
  *	A series is used for arguments smaller in magnitude than 0.5.
  *
- *	cosh(arg) is computed from the exponential func for
+ *	Cosh(x) is computed from the exponential func for
  *	all arguments.
  */
 
-func Sinh(arg float64) float64 {
+// Sinh returns the hyperbolic sine of x.
+func Sinh(x float64) float64 {
 	// The coefficients are #2029 from Hart & Cheney. (20.36D)
 	const
 	(
@@ -33,22 +33,22 @@ func Sinh(arg float64) float64 {
 	)
 
 	sign := false;
-	if arg < 0 {
-		arg = -arg;
+	if x < 0 {
+		x = -x;
 		sign = true;
 	}
 
 	var temp float64;
 	switch true {
-	case arg > 21:
-		temp = Exp(arg)/2;
+	case x > 21:
+		temp = Exp(x)/2;
 
-	case arg > 0.5:
-		temp = (Exp(arg) - Exp(-arg))/2;
+	case x > 0.5:
+		temp = (Exp(x) - Exp(-x))/2;
 
 	default:
-		sq := arg*arg;
-		temp = (((P3*sq+P2)*sq+P1)*sq+P0)*arg;
+		sq := x*x;
+		temp = (((P3*sq+P2)*sq+P1)*sq+P0)*x;
 		temp = temp/(((sq+Q2)*sq+Q1)*sq+Q0);
 	}
 
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ func Sinh(arg float64) float64 {
 	return temp;
 }
 
-func Cosh(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg < 0 {
-		arg = - arg;
+// Cosh returns the hyperbolic cosine of x.
+func Cosh(x float64) float64 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		x = - x;
 	}
-	if arg > 21 {
-		return Exp(arg)/2;
+	if x > 21 {
+		return Exp(x)/2;
 	}
-	return (Exp(arg) + Exp(-arg))/2;
+	return (Exp(x) + Exp(-x))/2;
 }

src/lib/math/sqrt.go

@@ -13,29 +13,35 @@ import "math"
  *	calls frexp
  */
 
-func Sqrt(arg float64) float64 {
-	if IsInf(arg, 1) {
-		return arg;
+// Sqrt returns the square root of x.
+//
+// Special cases are:
+//	Sqrt(+Inf) = +Inf
+//	Sqrt(0) = 0
+//	Sqrt(x < 0) = NaN
+func Sqrt(x float64) float64 {
+	if IsInf(x, 1) {
+		return x;
 	}
 
-	if arg <= 0 {
-		if arg < 0 {
+	if x <= 0 {
+		if x < 0 {
 			return NaN();
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	x,exp := Frexp(arg);
-	for x < 0.5 {
-		x = x*2;
+	y, exp := Frexp(x);
+	for y < 0.5 {
+		y = y*2;
 		exp = exp-1;
 	}
 
 	if exp&1 != 0 {
-		x = x*2;
+		y = y*2;
 		exp = exp-1;
 	}
-	temp := 0.5 * (1+x);
+	temp := 0.5 * (1+y);
 
 	for exp > 60 {
 		temp = temp * float64(1<<30);
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ func Sqrt(arg float64) float64 {
 	}
 
 	for i:=0; i<=4; i++ {
-		temp = 0.5*(temp + arg/temp);
+		temp = 0.5*(temp + x/temp);
 	}
 	return temp;
 }

src/lib/math/tan.go

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import "math"
  *	floating point tangent
  */
 
-func Tan(arg float64) float64 {
+// Tan returns the tangent of x.
+func Tan(x float64) float64 {
 	// Coefficients are #4285 from Hart & Cheney. (19.74D)
 	const
 	(
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ func Tan(arg float64) float64 {
 
 	flag := false;
 	sign := false;
-	x := arg;
 	if(x < 0) {
 		x = -x;
 		sign = true;

src/lib/math/tanh.go

@@ -7,23 +7,24 @@ package math
 import "math"
 
 /*
- *	tanh(arg) computes the hyperbolic tangent of its floating
+ *	tanh(x) computes the hyperbolic tangent of its floating
  *	point argument.
  *
  *	sinh and cosh are called except for large arguments, which
  *	would cause overflow improperly.
  */
 
-func Tanh(arg float64) float64 {
-	if arg < 0 {
-		arg = -arg;
-		if arg > 21 {
+// Tanh computes the hyperbolic tangent of x.
+func Tanh(x float64) float64 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		x = -x;
+		if x > 21 {
 			return -1;
 		}
-		return -Sinh(arg)/Cosh(arg);
+		return -Sinh(x)/Cosh(x);
 	}
-	if arg > 21 {
+	if x > 21 {
 		return 1;
 	}
-	return Sinh(arg)/Cosh(arg);
+	return Sinh(x)/Cosh(x);
 }