On 07/07/2010 23:56, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 7 July 2010 19:12, Paolo Carlini wrote:
>> On 07/07/2010 08:02 PM, Trevor Smedley wrote:
>>> On the page http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html the term
>>> "integral" is used twice in the section " Built-in Function: long
>>> __builtin_expect (long exp, long c)", where what is intended is "integer".
>>>
>> I'm not a native English speaker, and would like to know more about that
>> use, but can't be *that* bad if you can find it also in the ISO C++
>> Standard ;)
>
> The usage is correct in "standardese" and English.
> My dictionary gives one definition of "integral" as "denoting a number
> that is an integer".
OTOH, the more common everyday meaning of "integral" is "built-in". Which
in the context might be a little confusing! :)
cheers,
DaveK
