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authorKevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>2001-05-25 23:23:08 +0200
committerKevin 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.
Diffstat (limited to 'mpfr')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
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