--- scheme-data.texi.~1.30.~ 2003-05-24 09:49:12.000000000 +1000 +++ scheme-data.texi 2003-06-06 11:48:39.000000000 +1000 @@ -1014,21 +1014,9 @@ Return the hyperbolic arctangent of @var{x}. @end deffn -For the hyperbolic arc-functions, the Guile library exports C functions -corresponding to these Scheme procedures, but taking and returning -arguments of type @code{double} rather than the usual @code{SCM}. - address@hidden {C Function} double scm_asinh (double x) address@hidden {C Function} double scm_acosh (double x) address@hidden {C Function} double scm_atanh (double x) -Return the hyperbolic arcsine, arccosine or arctangent of @var{x} -respectively. address@hidden deftypefn - -For all the other Scheme procedures above, except @code{expt} and address@hidden (whose entries specifically mention an equivalent C -function), the equivalent C functions are those provided by the standard -mathematics library. The mapping is as follows. +C functions for the above are provided by the standard mathematics +library. Naturally these expect and return @code{double} arguments +(@pxref{Mathematics,,, libc, GNU C Library Reference Manual}). @multitable {xx} {Scheme Procedure} {C Function} @item @tab Scheme Procedure @tab C Function @@ -1041,15 +1029,28 @@ @item @tab @code{$asin} @tab @code{asin} @item @tab @code{$acos} @tab @code{acos} @item @tab @code{$atan} @tab @code{atan} address@hidden @tab @code{$atan2} @tab @code{atan2} @item @tab @code{$exp} @tab @code{exp} address@hidden @tab @code{$expt} @tab @code{pow} @item @tab @code{$log} @tab @code{log} @item @tab @code{$sinh} @tab @code{sinh} @item @tab @code{$cosh} @tab @code{cosh} @item @tab @code{$tanh} @tab @code{tanh} address@hidden @tab @code{$asinh} @tab @code{asinh} address@hidden @tab @code{$acosh} @tab @code{acosh} address@hidden @tab @code{$atanh} @tab @code{atanh} @end multitable address@hidden -Naturally, these C functions expect and return @code{double} arguments. address@hidden, @code{acosh} and @code{atanh} are C99 standard but might +not be present on older systems. Guile provides the following +equivalents (on all systems). + address@hidden {C Function} double scm_asinh (double x) address@hidden {C Function} double scm_acosh (double x) address@hidden {C Function} double scm_atanh (double x) +Return the hyperbolic arcsine, arccosine or arctangent of @var{x} +respectively. address@hidden deftypefn @node Bitwise Operations