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authorvlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2003-11-21 08:05:29 +0000
committervlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2003-11-21 08:05:29 +0000
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Notes about not using mpfr_set_d in the tests.
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@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ not conform to the standard (even with C90); other problems may
occur on this architecture. You can either include <stdio.h> or
use 0 (possibly casted to the target pointer type).
+In the tests, do not use mpfr_set_d (except when testing it), as the
+result will depend on the floating-point arithmetic of the system;
+this has shown many problems in the past and problems may still occur
+with new systems.
+
To make a release (for the MPFR team):
1) Check the version and update the date in mpfr.texi.
2) Update the ChangeLog file (using a recent version of rcs2log,