Clarify bit numbering in get_bit/set_bit etc. Per gripe from

Boszormenyi Zoltan.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 37130fe8b1e1bd0f90a680be411637c07a411932..28e7a68d8764e7c2780c0dc149fcd43724511d7e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 
  
   Functions and Operators
@@ -2864,6 +2864,13 @@
    
   
 
+  
+   get_byte and set_byte number the first byte
+   of a binary string as byte 0.
+   get_bit and set_bit number bits from the
+   right within each byte; for example bit 0 is the least significant bit of
+   the first byte, and bit 15 is the most significant bit of the second byte.
+  
  
 
 
@@ -2969,6 +2976,8 @@
     strings:
     get_bit,
     set_bit.
+    When working with a bit string, these functions number the first
+    (leftmost) bit of the string as bit 0.