On 20/01/2020 11:28, Dean Rasheed wrote:
> Looking at the docs, I think it's worth going a little further than
> just saying what the acronyms stand for -- especially since the
> behaviour for zero inputs is an implementation choice (albeit the most
> common one). I propose the following:
>
> + <entry>
> + greatest common divisor — the largest positive number that
> + divides both inputs with no remainder; returns <literal>0</literal> if
> + both inputs are zero
> + </entry>
>
> and:
>
> + <entry>
> + least common multiple — the smallest strictly positive number
> + that is an integer multiple of both inputs; returns
> <literal>0</literal>
> + if either input is zero
> + </entry>
>
> (I have tried to be precise in my use of terms like "number" and
> "integer", to cover the different cases)
In that case should lcm be "...that is an integral multiple..." since
the numeric version will return numeric?
Other than that, I'm happy with this change.
--
Vik Fearing
