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author | Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> | 2001-05-25 23:23:08 +0200 |
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committer | Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> | 2001-05-25 23:23:08 +0200 |
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* mpfr/mpfr.texi (Introduction to MPFR): Tweak table formatting, note
non-free programs must be able to be re-linked.
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diff --git a/mpfr/mpfr.texi b/mpfr/mpfr.texi index 9184c1def..dd00cc87a 100644 --- a/mpfr/mpfr.texi +++ b/mpfr/mpfr.texi @@ -172,15 +172,17 @@ It aims to extend the class of floating-point numbers provided by the GNU MP library by @dfn{reliable} floating-point numbers. It may replace the GNU MP floating-point numbers in a future release. The main differences with the @code{mpf} class are: + @itemize @bullet @item the @code{mpfr} code is portable, i.e. the result of any operation does not depend (or should not) on the machine word size @code{mp_bits_per_limb} (32 or 64 on most machines); @item the precision in bits can be set exactly to any positive value - for each variable (including one bit of precision); +for each variable (including one bit of precision); @item @code{mpfr} provides the four rounding modes from the IEEE 754 - standard. +standard. @end itemize + In particular, with a precision of 53 bits, @code{mpfr} should be able to exactly reproduce all computations with double-precision machine floating-point @@ -189,8 +191,9 @@ numbers (@code{double} type in C), except the range of values is much wider This version of MPFR is released under the GNU Library General Public License. -It is permitted to link MPFR to non-free programs, as long as MPFR -source code is provided when distributing the non-free program. +It is permitted to link MPFR to non-free programs, as long as when +distributing them the MPFR source code and a means to re-link with a +modified MPFR is provided. @section How to use this Manual |