From: Taylor R Campbell <campbell@mumble.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:10:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix comment about odd rounding mode.
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Fix comment about odd rounding mode.
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diff --git a/doc/ref-manual/numbers.texi b/doc/ref-manual/numbers.texi
index 99a788f46..a05aa6afe 100644
--- a/doc/ref-manual/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/ref-manual/numbers.texi
@@ -2779,8 +2779,9 @@ The main purpose of changing the rounding mode is to diagnose
 numerical instability by injecting small perturbations throughout the
 computation.
 
-@strong{Bug:} It would be nice if we had
-``round-to-nearest/ties-to-odd''.
+@strong{Bug:} It would be nice if we had ``round-to-odd'', where any
+inexact result is rounded to the nearest @emph{odd} floating-point
+number, for implementing ``doubled''-precision algorithms.
 But we don't.
 Sorry.