PR#3714 clarification de max_array_length pour les flottants

git-svn-id: http://caml.inria.fr/svn/ocaml/version/3.08@6961 f963ae5c-01c2-4b8c-9fe0-0dff7051ff02
bmeurer · Jul 8, 2005 · f000bd5 · f000bd5
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diff --git a/stdlib/array.mli b/stdlib/array.mli
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ external set : 'a array -> int -> 'a -> unit = "%array_safe_set"
 
    Raise [Invalid_argument "index out of bounds"]
    if [n] is outside the range 0 to [Array.length a - 1]. *)
-        
+
 external make : int -> 'a -> 'a array = "caml_make_vect"
 (** [Array.make n x] returns a fresh array of length [n],
    initialized with [x].

diff --git a/stdlib/sys.mli b/stdlib/sys.mli
@@ -81,15 +81,17 @@ val max_string_length : int
 (** Maximum length of a string. *)
 
 val max_array_length : int
-(** Maximum length of an array. *)
+(** Maximum length of a normal array.  The maximum length of a float
+    array is [max_array_length/2] on 32-bit machines and
+    [max_array_length] on 64-bit machines. *)
 
 
 (** {6 Signal handling} *)
 
 
 type signal_behavior =
     Signal_default
-  | Signal_ignore 
+  | Signal_ignore
   | Signal_handle of (int -> unit)
 (** What to do when receiving a signal:
    - [Signal_default]: take the default behavior