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-rw-r--r--lib/pure/math.nim3
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/os.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/osproc.nim24
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/math.nim b/lib/pure/math.nim
index cb58ea39b..a9e9010f6 100644
--- a/lib/pure/math.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/math.nim
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ proc `^`*[T](x, y: T): T =
 
 proc gcd*[T](x, y: T): T =
   ## Computes the greatest common divisor of ``x`` and ``y``.
+  ## Note that for floats, the result cannot always be interpreted as
+  ## "greatest decimal `z` such that ``z*N == x and z*M == y``
+  ## where N and M are positive integers."
   var (x,y) = (x,y)
   while y != 0:
     x = x mod y
diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim
index f53abe81d..3a5bcbfa1 100644
--- a/lib/pure/os.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/os.nim
@@ -2033,10 +2033,10 @@ proc getFileInfo*(path: string, followSymlink = true): FileInfo =
   else:
     var rawInfo: TStat
     if followSymlink:
-      if lstat(path, rawInfo) < 0'i32:
+      if stat(path, rawInfo) < 0'i32:
         raiseOSError(osLastError())
     else:
-      if stat(path, rawInfo) < 0'i32:
+      if lstat(path, rawInfo) < 0'i32:
         raiseOSError(osLastError())
     rawToFormalFileInfo(rawInfo, result)
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/osproc.nim b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
index dce0673ba..8150f902a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/osproc.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
@@ -195,43 +195,43 @@ proc peekExitCode*(p: Process): int {.tags: [].}
 proc inputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## returns ``p``'s input stream for writing to.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The returned `PStream` should not be closed manually as it
-  ## is closed when closing the PProcess ``p``.
+  ## **Warning**: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ## is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
 
 proc outputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## returns ``p``'s output stream for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The returned `PStream` should not be closed manually as it
-  ## is closed when closing the PProcess ``p``.
+  ## **Warning**: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ## is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
 
 proc errorStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## returns ``p``'s error stream for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The returned `PStream` should not be closed manually as it
-  ## is closed when closing the PProcess ``p``.
+  ## **Warning**: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ## is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
 
 proc inputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
   tags: [].} =
   ## returns ``p``'s input file handle for writing to.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The returned `TFileHandle` should not be closed manually as
-  ## it is closed when closing the PProcess ``p``.
+  ## **Warning**: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
+  ## it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   result = p.inHandle
 
 proc outputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
   tags: [].} =
   ## returns ``p``'s output file handle for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The returned `TFileHandle` should not be closed manually as
-  ## it is closed when closing the PProcess ``p``.
+  ## **Warning**: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
+  ## it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   result = p.outHandle
 
 proc errorHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
   tags: [].} =
   ## returns ``p``'s error file handle for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The returned `TFileHandle` should not be closed manually as
-  ## it is closed when closing the PProcess ``p``.
+  ## **Warning**: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
+  ## it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   result = p.errHandle
 
 proc countProcessors*(): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1".} =