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-rw-r--r--library/core/src/num/f32.rs14
-rw-r--r--library/core/src/num/f64.rs14
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/library/core/src/num/f32.rs b/library/core/src/num/f32.rs
index b408b5d3d5d..e3d40b58a38 100644
--- a/library/core/src/num/f32.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/num/f32.rs
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ impl f32 {
         self * (value / 180.0f32)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers, ignoring NaN.
     ///
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then the other argument is returned.
     /// This follows the IEEE-754 2008 semantics for maxNum, except for handling of signaling NaNs;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ impl f32 {
         intrinsics::maxnumf32(self, other)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers, ignoring NaN.
     ///
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then the other argument is returned.
     /// This follows the IEEE-754 2008 semantics for minNum, except for handling of signaling NaNs;
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ impl f32 {
         intrinsics::minnumf32(self, other)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers, propagating NaN.
     ///
     /// This returns NaN when *either* argument is NaN, as opposed to
     /// [`f32::max`] which only returns NaN when *both* arguments are NaN.
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@ impl f32 {
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then NaN is returned. Otherwise this returns the greater
     /// of the two numbers. For this operation, -0.0 is considered to be less than +0.0.
     /// Note that this follows the semantics specified in IEEE 754-2019.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that "propagation" of NaNs here doesn't mean that the bitpattern of a NaN operand
+    /// is necessarily conserved; see [explanation of NaN as a special value](f32) for more info.
     #[must_use = "this returns the result of the comparison, without modifying either input"]
     #[unstable(feature = "float_minimum_maximum", issue = "91079")]
     #[inline]
@@ -761,7 +764,7 @@ impl f32 {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers, propagating NaN.
     ///
     /// This returns NaN when *either* argument is NaN, as opposed to
     /// [`f32::min`] which only returns NaN when *both* arguments are NaN.
@@ -778,6 +781,9 @@ impl f32 {
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then NaN is returned. Otherwise this returns the lesser
     /// of the two numbers. For this operation, -0.0 is considered to be less than +0.0.
     /// Note that this follows the semantics specified in IEEE 754-2019.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that "propagation" of NaNs here doesn't mean that the bitpattern of a NaN operand
+    /// is necessarily conserved; see [explanation of NaN as a special value](f32) for more info.
     #[must_use = "this returns the result of the comparison, without modifying either input"]
     #[unstable(feature = "float_minimum_maximum", issue = "91079")]
     #[inline]
diff --git a/library/core/src/num/f64.rs b/library/core/src/num/f64.rs
index db396122651..51ccf7e8554 100644
--- a/library/core/src/num/f64.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/num/f64.rs
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ impl f64 {
         self * (value / 180.0)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers, ignoring NaN.
     ///
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then the other argument is returned.
     /// This follows the IEEE-754 2008 semantics for maxNum, except for handling of signaling NaNs;
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ impl f64 {
         intrinsics::maxnumf64(self, other)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers, ignoring NaN.
     ///
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then the other argument is returned.
     /// This follows the IEEE-754 2008 semantics for minNum, except for handling of signaling NaNs;
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ impl f64 {
         intrinsics::minnumf64(self, other)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the maximum of the two numbers, propagating NaN.
     ///
     /// This returns NaN when *either* argument is NaN, as opposed to
     /// [`f64::max`] which only returns NaN when *both* arguments are NaN.
@@ -762,6 +762,9 @@ impl f64 {
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then NaN is returned. Otherwise this returns the greater
     /// of the two numbers. For this operation, -0.0 is considered to be less than +0.0.
     /// Note that this follows the semantics specified in IEEE 754-2019.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that "propagation" of NaNs here doesn't mean that the bitpattern of a NaN operand
+    /// is necessarily conserved; see [explanation of NaN as a special value](f32) for more info.
     #[must_use = "this returns the result of the comparison, without modifying either input"]
     #[unstable(feature = "float_minimum_maximum", issue = "91079")]
     #[inline]
@@ -777,7 +780,7 @@ impl f64 {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers.
+    /// Returns the minimum of the two numbers, propagating NaN.
     ///
     /// This returns NaN when *either* argument is NaN, as opposed to
     /// [`f64::min`] which only returns NaN when *both* arguments are NaN.
@@ -794,6 +797,9 @@ impl f64 {
     /// If one of the arguments is NaN, then NaN is returned. Otherwise this returns the lesser
     /// of the two numbers. For this operation, -0.0 is considered to be less than +0.0.
     /// Note that this follows the semantics specified in IEEE 754-2019.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that "propagation" of NaNs here doesn't mean that the bitpattern of a NaN operand
+    /// is necessarily conserved; see [explanation of NaN as a special value](f32) for more info.
     #[must_use = "this returns the result of the comparison, without modifying either input"]
     #[unstable(feature = "float_minimum_maximum", issue = "91079")]
     #[inline]