What does rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y) do?

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I see this call in the ruby source

return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);

What does the _bin stand for and what does this function do?

Thanks

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Quick check from the source makes it seem like it acts just like
Numeric.coerce:

$ ri coerce
--------------------------------------------------------- Numeric#coerce
num.coerce( aNumeric ) → anArray

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On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Jim Freeze wrote:

return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);
What does the _bin stand for and what does this function do?

 If aNumeric is the same type as num, returns an array containing
 aNumeric and num. Otherwise, returns an array with both aNumeric
 and num represented as Float objects.

The _bin propably refers to the fact that the function takes two arguments.

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