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| author | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2017-04-10 00:41:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2017-04-10 00:41:11 +0200 |
| commit | 12dc4fbf188673a9048fc98eff371a83e9c367dc (patch) | |
| tree | 9f98d738306d6ee183e0b40229556c5a55e97093 /coreutils/factor.c | |
| parent | bef17132175945a121992e3d13f0cc78ae722b1b (diff) | |
| download | busybox-12dc4fbf188673a9048fc98eff371a83e9c367dc.tar.gz | |
factor: fix comments
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'coreutils/factor.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | coreutils/factor.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/factor.c b/coreutils/factor.c index 8ca3de71a..4e521dbc0 100644 --- a/coreutils/factor.c +++ b/coreutils/factor.c @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline half_t isqrt(wide_t N) // if (N == 0) // return 0; - /* First approximation x > sqrt(N) - half as many bits: + /* First approximation of x+1 > sqrt(N) - all-ones, half as many bits: * 1xxxxx -> 111 (six bits to three) * 01xxxx -> 111 * 001xxx -> 011 @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static NOINLINE void factorize(wide_t N) if (factor >= max_factor) break; factor += 2; - /* Rudimentary wheel sieving: skip multiples of 3: + /* Rudimentary wheel sieving: skip multiples of 3, 5 and 7: * Every third odd number is divisible by three and thus isn't a prime: * 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47... * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ |