From 95783b750fda95f5f4c1fac00ab24da03b31b517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:15:28 -0400
Subject: arduino language reference nearing completion, properly CC-BY-SA 3.0
 attributed

---
 docs/source/arduino/longcast.rst | 40 +++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs/source/arduino/longcast.rst')

diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/longcast.rst b/docs/source/arduino/longcast.rst
index 9f31443..ed23821 100644
--- a/docs/source/arduino/longcast.rst
+++ b/docs/source/arduino/longcast.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. highlight:: cpp
+
 .. _arduino-longcast:
 
 long()
@@ -6,36 +8,20 @@ long()
 Description
 -----------
 
-Converts a value to the
-`long <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Long>`_ data type.
-
-
-
-Syntax
-------
-
-long(x)
-
-
-
-Parameters
-----------
+Converts a value to the :ref:`long <arduino-long>` data type.  Here is
+an example::
 
-x: a value of any type
+    double d = 2.5;
+    long i = long(d); // i holds "2L", an long value
 
+The value inside of the parentheses (``long(...)``) can be of any type.
+However, if it is not a numeric type (like ``double``, ``char``,
+etc.), you will get strange results.
 
+See the :ref:`long <arduino-long>` reference for details about the
+precision and limitations of ``long`` variables on the Maple.
 
-Returns
--------
-
-long
-
-
-
-See also
+See Also
 --------
 
-
--  `long <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Long>`_
-
-
+-  :ref:`long <arduino-long>`
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