float + other   → float

Returns a new float which is the sum of float and other.

Source Code

/*
* call-seq:
*   float + other   => float
*
* Returns a new float which is the sum of <code>float</code>
* and <code>other</code>.
*/

static VALUE
flo_plus(x, y)
   VALUE x, y;
{
   switch (TYPE(y)) {
     case T_FIXNUM:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value + (double)FIX2LONG(y));
     case T_BIGNUM:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value + rb_big2dbl(y));
     case T_FLOAT:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value + RFLOAT(y)->value);
     default:
       return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);
   }
}