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29.4; Docstring for math-approx-sqrt-e is wrong

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 73817 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73817: 29.4; Docstring for math-approx-sqrt-e is wrong
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:07:20 +0300

> Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:17:21 +0200
> 
> math-approx-sqrt-e is a variable defined in ‘calc-ext.el’.
> 
> Its value is (float 1648721270700128146849 -21)
> 
> An approximation for sqrt(3).
> 
>   This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.
> 
> 
> Obviously this should be sqrt(e) = 1.648..., whereas sqrt(3) = 1.732...
> 
> OK to push attached patch to the emacs-30 branch, or should it go to
> master?

Please install on emacs-30 (documentation changes are always okay on
the release branch).

Thanks.

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