[3.13] gh-121905: Consistently use "floating-point" instead of "floating point" (GH-121907) (GH-122012)

(cherry picked from commit 1a0c7b9ba4)

Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ _testfunc_array_in_struct3B_set_defaults(void)
 
 /*
  * Test3C struct tests the MAX_STRUCT_SIZE 32. Structs containing arrays of up
- * to four floating point types are passed in registers on Arm platforms.
+ * to four floating-point types are passed in registers on Arm platforms.
  * This struct is used for within bounds test on Arm platfroms and for an
  * out-of-bounds tests for platfroms where MAX_STRUCT_SIZE is less than 32.
  * See gh-110190.
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ _testfunc_array_in_struct3C_set_defaults(void)
 
 /*
  * Test3D struct tests the MAX_STRUCT_SIZE 64. Structs containing arrays of up
- * to eight floating point types are passed in registers on PPC64LE platforms.
+ * to eight floating-point types are passed in registers on PPC64LE platforms.
  * This struct is used for within bounds test on PPC64LE platfroms and for an
  * out-of-bounds tests for platfroms where MAX_STRUCT_SIZE is less than 64.
  * See gh-110190.

Modules/_localemodule.c

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module _locale
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=ed98569b726feada]*/
 
-/* support functions for formatting floating point numbers */
+/* support functions for formatting floating-point numbers */
 
 /* the grouping is terminated by either 0 or CHAR_MAX */
 static PyObject*

Modules/_struct.c

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ get_size_t(_structmodulestate *state, PyObject *v, size_t *p)
 #define RANGE_ERROR(state, f, flag) return _range_error(state, f, flag)
 
 
-/* Floating point helpers */
+/* Floating-point helpers */
 
 static PyObject *
 unpack_halffloat(const char *p,  /* start of 2-byte string */

Modules/arraymodule.c

@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@ array_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
 "This module defines an object type which can efficiently represent\n\
-an array of basic values: characters, integers, floating point\n\
+an array of basic values: characters, integers, floating-point\n\
 numbers.  Arrays are sequence types and behave very much like lists,\n\
 except that the type of objects stored in them is constrained.\n");
 
@@ -2875,8 +2875,8 @@ The following type codes are defined:\n\
     'L'         unsigned integer   4\n\
     'q'         signed integer     8 (see note)\n\
     'Q'         unsigned integer   8 (see note)\n\
-    'f'         floating point     4\n\
-    'd'         floating point     8\n\
+    'f'         floating-point     4\n\
+    'd'         floating-point     8\n\
 \n\
 NOTE: The 'u' typecode corresponds to Python's unicode character. On\n\
 narrow builds this is 2-bytes on wide builds this is 4-bytes.\n\

Modules/clinic/mathmodule.c.h

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(math_fsum__doc__,
 "fsum($module, seq, /)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
-"Return an accurate floating point sum of values in the iterable seq.\n"
+"Return an accurate floating-point sum of values in the iterable seq.\n"
 "\n"
-"Assumes IEEE-754 floating point arithmetic.");
+"Assumes IEEE-754 floating-point arithmetic.");
 
 #define MATH_FSUM_METHODDEF    \
     {"fsum", (PyCFunction)math_fsum, METH_O, math_fsum__doc__},
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(math_isclose__doc__,
 "isclose($module, /, a, b, *, rel_tol=1e-09, abs_tol=0.0)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
-"Determine whether two floating point numbers are close in value.\n"
+"Determine whether two floating-point numbers are close in value.\n"
 "\n"
 "  rel_tol\n"
 "    maximum difference for being considered \"close\", relative to the\n"
@@ -1011,4 +1011,4 @@ math_ulp(PyObject *module, PyObject *arg)
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=7d03f84f77342496 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=755da3b1dbd9e45f input=a9049054013a1b77]*/

Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h

@@ -6348,7 +6348,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(os_times__doc__,
 "\n"
 "The object returned behaves like a named tuple with these fields:\n"
 "  (utime, stime, cutime, cstime, elapsed_time)\n"
-"All fields are floating point numbers.");
+"All fields are floating-point numbers.");
 
 #define OS_TIMES_METHODDEF    \
     {"times", (PyCFunction)os_times, METH_NOARGS, os_times__doc__},
@@ -12819,4 +12819,4 @@ os__is_inputhook_installed(PyObject *module, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
 #ifndef OS__SUPPORTS_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_METHODDEF
     #define OS__SUPPORTS_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(OS__SUPPORTS_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=cebab1ef718b4878 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=6a1d88bd90c7a28b input=a9049054013a1b77]*/

Modules/clinic/selectmodule.c.h

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(select_select__doc__,
 "gotten from a fileno() method call on one of those.\n"
 "\n"
 "The optional 4th argument specifies a timeout in seconds; it may be\n"
-"a floating point number to specify fractions of seconds.  If it is absent\n"
+"a floating-point number to specify fractions of seconds.  If it is absent\n"
 "or None, the call will never time out.\n"
 "\n"
 "The return value is a tuple of three lists corresponding to the first three\n"
@@ -1360,4 +1360,4 @@ exit:
 #ifndef SELECT_KQUEUE_CONTROL_METHODDEF
     #define SELECT_KQUEUE_CONTROL_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(SELECT_KQUEUE_CONTROL_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=f31e724f492225b1 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=f99427b75cbe6d44 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/

Modules/clinic/signalmodule.c.h

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(signal_sigtimedwait__doc__,
 "\n"
 "Like sigwaitinfo(), but with a timeout.\n"
 "\n"
-"The timeout is specified in seconds, with floating point numbers allowed.");
+"The timeout is specified in seconds, with floating-point numbers allowed.");
 
 #define SIGNAL_SIGTIMEDWAIT_METHODDEF    \
     {"sigtimedwait", _PyCFunction_CAST(signal_sigtimedwait), METH_FASTCALL, signal_sigtimedwait__doc__},
@@ -776,4 +776,4 @@ exit:
 #ifndef SIGNAL_PIDFD_SEND_SIGNAL_METHODDEF
     #define SIGNAL_PIDFD_SEND_SIGNAL_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(SIGNAL_PIDFD_SEND_SIGNAL_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=1c11c1b6f12f26be input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=6d8e17a32cef668f input=a9049054013a1b77]*/

Modules/faulthandler.c

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static fault_handler_t faulthandler_handlers[] = {
 #ifdef SIGILL
     {SIGILL, 0, "Illegal instruction", },
 #endif
-    {SIGFPE, 0, "Floating point exception", },
+    {SIGFPE, 0, "Floating-point exception", },
     {SIGABRT, 0, "Aborted", },
     /* define SIGSEGV at the end to make it the default choice if searching the
        handler fails in faulthandler_fatal_error() */

Modules/mathmodule.c

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ typedef struct{ double hi; double lo; } DoubleLength;
 static DoubleLength
 dl_fast_sum(double a, double b)
 {
-    /* Algorithm 1.1. Compensated summation of two floating point numbers. */
+    /* Algorithm 1.1. Compensated summation of two floating-point numbers. */
     assert(fabs(a) >= fabs(b));
     double x = a + b;
     double y = (a - x) + b;
@@ -1354,14 +1354,14 @@ math.fsum
     seq: object
     /
 
-Return an accurate floating point sum of values in the iterable seq.
+Return an accurate floating-point sum of values in the iterable seq.
 
-Assumes IEEE-754 floating point arithmetic.
+Assumes IEEE-754 floating-point arithmetic.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 math_fsum(PyObject *module, PyObject *seq)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=ba5c672b87fe34fc input=c51b7d8caf6f6e82]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=ba5c672b87fe34fc input=4506244ded6057dc]*/
 {
     PyObject *item, *iter, *sum = NULL;
     Py_ssize_t i, j, n = 0, m = NUM_PARTIALS;
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ Since lo**2 is less than 1/2 ulp(csum), we have csum+lo*lo == csum.
 To minimize loss of information during the accumulation of fractional
 values, each term has a separate accumulator.  This also breaks up
 sequential dependencies in the inner loop so the CPU can maximize
-floating point throughput. [4]  On an Apple M1 Max, hypot(*vec)
+floating-point throughput. [4]  On an Apple M1 Max, hypot(*vec)
 takes only 3.33 µsec when len(vec) == 1000.
 
 The square root differential correction is needed because a
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ math.isclose -> bool
         maximum difference for being considered "close", regardless of the
         magnitude of the input values
 
-Determine whether two floating point numbers are close in value.
+Determine whether two floating-point numbers are close in value.
 
 Return True if a is close in value to b, and False otherwise.
 
@@ -3151,7 +3151,7 @@ only close to themselves.
 static int
 math_isclose_impl(PyObject *module, double a, double b, double rel_tol,
                   double abs_tol)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=b73070207511952d input=f28671871ea5bfba]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=b73070207511952d input=12d41764468bfdb8]*/
 {
     double diff = 0.0;
 

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -10585,12 +10585,12 @@ Return a collection containing process timing information.
 
 The object returned behaves like a named tuple with these fields:
   (utime, stime, cutime, cstime, elapsed_time)
-All fields are floating point numbers.
+All fields are floating-point numbers.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 os_times_impl(PyObject *module)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=35f640503557d32a input=2bf9df3d6ab2e48b]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=35f640503557d32a input=8dbfe33a2dcc3df3]*/
 {
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     FILETIME create, exit, kernel, user;

Modules/selectmodule.c

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ A file descriptor is either a socket or file object, or a small integer
 gotten from a fileno() method call on one of those.
 
 The optional 4th argument specifies a timeout in seconds; it may be
-a floating point number to specify fractions of seconds.  If it is absent
+a floating-point number to specify fractions of seconds.  If it is absent
 or None, the call will never time out.
 
 The return value is a tuple of three lists corresponding to the first three
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ descriptors can be used.
 static PyObject *
 select_select_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *rlist, PyObject *wlist,
                    PyObject *xlist, PyObject *timeout_obj)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=2b3cfa824f7ae4cf input=e467f5d68033de00]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=2b3cfa824f7ae4cf input=1199d5e101abca4a]*/
 {
 #ifdef SELECT_USES_HEAP
     pylist *rfd2obj, *wfd2obj, *efd2obj;

Modules/signalmodule.c

@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ signal_strsignal_impl(PyObject *module, int signalnum)
             res = "Aborted";
             break;
         case SIGFPE:
-            res = "Floating point exception";
+            res = "Floating-point exception";
             break;
         case SIGSEGV:
             res = "Segmentation fault";
@@ -1199,13 +1199,13 @@ signal.sigtimedwait
 
 Like sigwaitinfo(), but with a timeout.
 
-The timeout is specified in seconds, with floating point numbers allowed.
+The timeout is specified in seconds, with floating-point numbers allowed.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 signal_sigtimedwait_impl(PyObject *module, sigset_t sigset,
                          PyObject *timeout_obj)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=59c8971e8ae18a64 input=87fd39237cf0b7ba]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=59c8971e8ae18a64 input=955773219c1596cd]*/
 {
     PyTime_t timeout;
     if (_PyTime_FromSecondsObject(&timeout,

Modules/timemodule.c

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ time_time(PyObject *self, PyObject *unused)
 
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(time_doc,
-"time() -> floating point number\n\
+"time() -> floating-point number\n\
 \n\
 Return the current time in seconds since the Epoch.\n\
 Fractions of a second may be present if the system clock provides them.");
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ time_clock_getres(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(clock_getres_doc,
-"clock_getres(clk_id) -> floating point number\n\
+"clock_getres(clk_id) -> floating-point number\n\
 \n\
 Return the resolution (precision) of the specified clock clk_id.");
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(sleep_doc,
 "sleep(seconds)\n\
 \n\
 Delay execution for a given number of seconds.  The argument may be\n\
-a floating point number for subsecond precision.");
+a floating-point number for subsecond precision.");
 
 static PyStructSequence_Field struct_time_type_fields[] = {
     {"tm_year", "year, for example, 1993"},
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ time_mktime(PyObject *module, PyObject *tm_tuple)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(mktime_doc,
-"mktime(tuple) -> floating point number\n\
+"mktime(tuple) -> floating-point number\n\
 \n\
 Convert a time tuple in local time to seconds since the Epoch.\n\
 Note that mktime(gmtime(0)) will not generally return zero for most\n\
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
 \n\
 There are two standard representations of time.  One is the number\n\
 of seconds since the Epoch, in UTC (a.k.a. GMT).  It may be an integer\n\
-or a floating point number (to represent fractions of seconds).\n\
+or a floating-point number (to represent fractions of seconds).\n\
 The epoch is the point where the time starts, the return value of time.gmtime(0).\n\
 It is January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 (UTC) on all platforms.\n\
 \n\