SIGNGAM(3POSIX)

🌸 SIGNGAM(3POSIX) 🌸

okay bestie, this one's a little baby page from the POSIX Programmer's Manual and it's short and sweet, so let's get into it πŸ’…


✨ PROLOG ✨

so like, heads up before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. that's the vibe. πŸŽ€

but lowkey β€” the Linux implementation of this interface may differ, so pls pls pls consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the tea on Linux behavior. or honestly? the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. it's giving "check your local listings" energy. πŸ™ˆ


πŸ¦‹ NAME πŸ¦‹

signgam β€” the log gamma function, periodt. ✨


πŸ’– SYNOPSIS πŸ’–

#include <math.h>

extern int signgam;

look at that. clean. iconic. extern int signgam; and that's the whole thing, no cap. πŸ‘‘


🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so for the actual deets, bestie β€” refer to lgamma(). that's literally it. this page is just pointing you at your girl lgamma(). go read that one, it has the lore. 🫢


okay now the serious part, don't scroll past this one, it's important fr fr πŸ’œ

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

and here's the rule, no games: in the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. like, they're the final boss. the original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

also β€” any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. not the tea, just the packaging. to report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . πŸ›


ok that's the whole page, bestie, told you it was short πŸ’€ go check out lgamma() for the real main character energy. mwah πŸŽ€

this lil' page came to you from IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, filed under SIGNGAM(3POSIX) β€” slay, bye bestie πŸ’–βœ¨πŸ¦‹