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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml index 0bf6632d6e3a..f1174ecb5d8d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml @@ -140,8 +140,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { </listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>Integers</emphasis>, e.g., - <literal>123</literal>.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Numbers, which can be <emphasis>integers</emphasis> (like + <literal>123</literal>) or <emphasis>floating point</emphasis> (like + <literal>123.43</literal> or <literal>.27e13</literal>).</para> + + <para>Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always + return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one floating point + number will have a floating point number as a result.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>Paths</emphasis>, e.g., <filename>/bin/sh</filename> or <filename>./builder.sh</filename>. |