From linux-man Fri May 21 14:08:40 2021 From: Walter Harms Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 14:08:40 +0000 To: linux-man Subject: AW: AW: Re: Message-Id: <904f79501b114346a3e7bd84efb13a6a () bfs ! de> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-man&m=162160611613805 (before we misunderstand each other i do not insists on that patch) The function is available and that should be documented. They seem available for some time, but glibc says: These functions=20 exist for compatibility reasons. What is about a merger with lgamma() ? adding to the notes section something like that: glibc version Glibc has a gamma() function (and _r) that is equivalent to=20 lgamma(3) and computes the natural logarithm of the Gamma function. That function is deprecated and should not be used in newer programs= .=20 re, wh ________________________________________ Von: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Mai 2021 15:29 An: Walter Harms Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org; Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) Betreff: Re: AW: Re: WARNUNG: Diese E-Mail kam von au=DFerhalb der Organisation. Klicken Sie nic= ht auf Links oder =F6ffnen Sie keine Anh=E4nge, es sei denn, Sie kennen den= /die Absender*in und wissen, dass der Inhalt sicher ist. Hi Walter, On 5/21/21 3:11 PM, Walter Harms wrote: > I will not argue that the function is deprecated. > > NTL i added the gamma_r function that are missing > and changed the wording for the description. I think > it is better than in lgamma especially for signgam. > I noticed that it should be more obvious. > > re, > wh I never used these functions, so I don know for sure. Isn't gamma_r(3) just an (obsolete) alias for lgamma_r(3)? If so, lgamma_r(3) is already documented, and the gamma(3) manual page already points to it. I don't see why gamma_r(3), which is obsolete, should be documented. Thanks, Alex -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/