Re: [www-patch] bugs.html rewrite,part 2: revamp floating point section

[Volker Reichelt <reichelt at igpm dot rwth-aachen dot de>]

On 19 Aug, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Volker Reichelt wrote:
>>>> -<dt>Problems with floating point computations.</dt>
>>>> +<dt>Problems with floating point numbers. This is the
>>>> +<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR323";>most often reported non-bug</a>.</dt>
>>> I believe "This is the..." should be part of <dd>...</dd>, not <dt>...</dt>.
>> I'm unsure about that one. It doesn't quite belong into the first line,
>> but it doesn't belong anywhere in the text either. Maybe a paragraph of
>> its own?
> 
> Either that, or to keep it shorter, really just as the first sentence of
> the first paragraph of the <dd>.
> 
>> Therefore, I'd put it into the first paragraph. But then, why not put it
>> into the first line?
> 
> <dt> tells what we want to describe; the note in question is more related
> to the actual description, IMHO.

Agreed. But it's also a good place for eyecatchers. ;-)
How about the following (I know that it sounds like a bad movie title):

<dt>Problems with floating point numbers - the
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR323";>most often reported non-bug</a>.</dt>

>>> I believe this was agreed upon some time ago, but please explicitly
>>> mention it in the commit log.
>> I don't understand that remark. Do you mean the numbers? I got rid of
>> the -1 in the example, therefore the numbers had to be adjusted.
> 
> Ah, sorry, I got confused then, mixing this with something historical.

Ok. I remember the dark ages where the numbers in that example were
really bogus. (Not that I had any doubts, but I tested that I really can
generate both values mentioned in the example.)

>> Fear not, the bugs.html saga will continue... ;-)
> 
> :-)
> 
> Gerald

Regards,
Volker