Document decimal modulo operator
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Description
Product: Tarantool
Since: 2.3.1
Audience/target: developers
Root document: https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/latest/reference/reference_lua/decimal/
SME: @ Totktonada
Details
There is now a modulo operator for decimal numbers:
a = decimal.new(172.51)
a % 1
---
- '0.51'
...
a % 0.3
---
- '0.01'
...
a % 13.27
---
- '0.00'
...
a % 173
---
- '172.51'
...
a % 72
---
- '28.51'
...
720 % a
---
- '29.96'
...
Requested by @sergepetrenko in https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/commit/8ea7106ad1ac5def675c3a28d77dad472573a23d
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Open the referenced decimal root document and find the section covering decimal arithmetic operators. Document the modulo operator using the supplied Lua examples, including decimal and integer operands, and ensure the change reflects availability since Tarantool 2.3.1.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100