Math-BigInt-1.90.tar.gz

Rewrite project of Math::BigInt, Math::BigFloat.

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This package contains completely rewritten versions of Math::BigInt and
Math::BigFloat.

To test, unzip & untar package, then run

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

See also ./examples for some example scripts.

See INSTALL for detailed help on installing these mo
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Complete version history of the rewrite project
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If you just want to see which things are new and different from the original
Math::* in the Perl core, see HISTORY.

The file NEW lists only the changes for the latest version.

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Math::BigInt::Calc:

2001-07-09 v0.06 Tels
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See also various .pm files.

General:
 * Copy on write (helps for $x = -$x; cases etc) (seems to make it slower :/
 * run config() and die_on_nan() tests under Subclass.pm
 
Math::BigFloat:
 * finish upgrading and downgrading
 * ! bround()/bfround(): some bugs may lurk in there
 * accuracy() & precision() maybe not finished (bnorm() in every op, testcases)
 * do not reduce numbers in new(), rather
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This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl
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Known bugs:

* TODO BUGS:
  + implement test for the upgrading bug in bsub()

* NaN handling in com
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