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Copyright 2000-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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Contributed by the AriC and Caramba projects, INRIA. |
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This file is part of the GNU MPFR Library. |
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The GNU MPFR Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by |
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your |
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option) any later version. |
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The GNU MPFR Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but |
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY |
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or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public |
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License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License |
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along with the GNU MPFR Library; see the file COPYING.LESSER. If not, see |
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https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., |
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51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. |
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############################################################################## |
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Changes from versions 4.0.* to version 4.1.0: |
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- The "épinards à la crème" release. |
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- Binary compatible with MPFR 4.0.*, though some minor changes in the |
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behavior of the formatted output functions may be visible, regarded |
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as underspecified behavior or bug fixes (see below). |
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- New --enable-formally-proven-code configure option, to use (when available) |
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formally proven code. |
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- Improved __GMP_CC and __GMP_CFLAGS retrieval (in particular for MS Windows). |
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- Option -pedantic is now always removed from __GMP_CFLAGS (see INSTALL). |
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- Changed __float128 to the type _Float128 specified in ISO/IEC TS 18661. |
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__float128 is used as a fallback if _Float128 is not supported. |
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- New function mpfr_get_str_ndigits about conversion to a string of digits. |
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- New function mpfr_dot for the dot product (incomplete, experimental). |
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- New functions mpfr_get_decimal128 and mpfr_set_decimal128 (available only |
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when MPFR has been built with decimal float support). |
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- New function mpfr_cmpabs_ui. |
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- New function mpfr_total_order_p for the IEEE 754 totalOrder predicate. |
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- The mpfr_out_str function now accepts bases from -2 to -36, in order to |
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follow mpfr_get_str and GMP's mpf_out_str functions (these cases gave an |
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assertion failure, as with other invalid bases). |
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- Shared caches: cleanup; really detect lock failures (abort in this case). |
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- The behavior of the formatted output functions (mpfr_printf, etc.) with |
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an empty precision field has improved: trailing zeros are kept in a way |
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similar to the formatted output functions from C. |
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- Improved mpfr_add and mpfr_sub when all operands have a precision equal to |
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twice the number of bits per word, e.g., 128 bits on a 64-bit platform. |
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- Optimized the tuning parameters for various architectures. |
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- Improved test coverage to 98.6% of code for x86_64. |
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- Bug fixes. |
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- MPFR manual: corrected/completed the mpfr_get_str description in order to |
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follow the historical behavior and GMP's mpf_get_str function. |
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- New: optional "make check-exported-symbols", mainly for the MPFR developers |
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and binary distributions, to check that MPFR does not define symbols with a |
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GMP reserved prefix (experimental). |
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- Mini-gmp support: replaced --enable-mini-gmp configure option by |
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--with-mini-gmp (still experimental, read doc/mini-gmp). |
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- A GCC bug on Sparc (present at least in old GCC 4.5.3 and 5.5.0 versions), |
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which made several tests fail when TLS was enabled, is now avoided in the |
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tests. The MPFR library itself was not affected and normal code using the |
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MPFR library should not be affected either. Users and distributions that |
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disabled TLS just because of the test failures can safely re-enable it. |
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Changes from versions 3.1.* to version 4.0.0: |
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- The "dinde aux marrons" release. |
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- MPFR now depends on GMP 5.0+ instead of 4.1+. |
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- API change: |
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Applications that call GMP's mp_set_memory_functions function to change |
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the allocators must first call the new function mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup |
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in all threads where MPFR is potentially used; this new function is |
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currently equivalent to mpfr_free_cache. |
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The reason is that the way memory allocation is done by MPFR has changed |
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(again), so that the current GMP allocators are used (since for some |
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applications, the old allocators may become invalid). |
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Note: Freeing the caches like this might have a performance impact on some |
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particular applications; if this is an issue, this could be handled for a |
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future MPFR version. |
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- Mini-gmp support via the --enable-mini-gmp configure option (experimental). |
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- The minimum precision MPFR_PREC_MIN is now 1, with rounding defined as |
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in the errata of IEEE 754-2008 and in the following IEEE 754 revision |
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(ties rounded away from zero). |
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- Shared caches for multithreaded applications. |
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New function mpfr_free_cache2. |
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- Partial support of MPFR_RNDF (faithful rounding). |
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- New functions: mpfr_fpif_export and mpfr_fpif_import to export and import |
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numbers in a floating-point interchange format, independent both on the |
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number of bits per word and on the endianness. |
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- New function mpfr_fmodquo to return the low bits of the quotient |
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corresponding to mpfr_fmod. |
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- New functions mpfr_flags_clear, mpfr_flags_set, mpfr_flags_test, |
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mpfr_flags_save and mpfr_flags_restore to operate on groups of flags. |
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- New functions mpfr_set_float128 and mpfr_get_float128 to convert from/to |
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the __float128 type (requires --enable-float128 and compiler support). |
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- New functions mpfr_buildopt_float128_p and mpfr_buildopt_sharedcache_p. |
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- New functions mpfr_rint_roundeven and mpfr_roundeven, completing the |
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other similar round-to-integer functions for rounding to nearest with |
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the even-rounding rule. |
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- New macro mpfr_round_nearest_away to add partial emulation of the |
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rounding to nearest-away (as defined in IEEE 754-2008). |
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- New functions mpfr_nrandom and mpfr_erandom to generate random numbers |
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following normal and exponential distributions respectively. |
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- New functions mpfr_fmma and mpfr_fmms to compute a*b+c*d and a*b-c*d. |
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- New function mpfr_rootn_ui, similar to mpfr_root, but agreeing with the |
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rootn function of the IEEE 754-2008 standard. |
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- New functions mpfr_log_ui to compute the logarithm of an integer, |
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mpfr_gamma_inc for the incomplete Gamma function. |
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- New function mpfr_beta for the Beta function (incomplete, experimental). |
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- New function mpfr_get_q to convert a floating-point number into rational. |
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- The mpfr_dump function is now described in the manual; its output format |
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has slightly changed. |
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- The mpfr_eint function now returns the value of the E1/eint1 function |
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for negative argument. |
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- The behavior of the mpfr_set_exp function changed, as it could easily |
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yield undefined behavior in some cases (this modifies both the API and |
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the ABI). |
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- In function mpfr_urandom, the next random state no longer depends on the |
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current exponent range and the rounding mode. The exceptions due to the |
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rounding of the random number are now correctly generated, following the |
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uniform distribution. |
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- Functions mpfr_grandom and mpfr_root are deprecated and will be removed |
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in a future release. |
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- Complete rewrite of function mpfr_sum, which now works in all cases (the |
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old one could take all the memory and/or crash with inputs of different |
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magnitudes in case of huge cancellation or table maker's dilemma). The |
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sign of an exact zero result is now specified, and the return value is |
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now the usual ternary value. Note that the position of "const" in the |
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mpfr_sum prototype has been fixed (the manual was correct); user code |
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should not be affected. |
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- Old, deprecated macros mpfr_add_one_ulp and mpfr_sub_one_ulp removed. |
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The mpfr_next* functions should be used instead. |
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- Internally, improved caching: a minimum of 10% increase of the precision |
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is guaranteed to avoid too many recomputations. |
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- Added internal small-precision mpz_t pool, which aims to avoid the |
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overhead of memory allocation, in particular. |
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New function mpfr_free_pool. |
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- Added configure option --enable-assert=none to avoid checking any assertion. |
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- The --enable-decimal-float configure option no longer requires |
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--with-gmp-build, and support for decimal floats is now automatically |
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detected by default (similarly for support for __float128). |
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- Updated tuning parameters. |
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- Better support for Automake 1.13+ (now used to generate the tarball). |
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- Dropped K&R C compatibility. |
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- Improved MPFR manual. |
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- New MPFRbench program (see the tools/bench directory). |
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- Major speedup in mpfr_add, mpfr_sub, mpfr_mul, mpfr_div and mpfr_sqrt when |
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all operands have the same precision and this precision is less than twice |
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the number of bits per word, e.g., less than 128 on a 64-bit computer. |
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- Speedup by a factor of almost 2 in the double <--> mpfr conversions |
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(mpfr_set_d and mpfr_get_d). |
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- Speedup in mpfr_log1p and mpfr_atanh for small arguments. |
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- Speedup in the mpfr_const_euler function (contributed by Fredrik Johansson), |
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in the computation of Bernoulli numbers (used in mpfr_gamma, mpfr_li2, |
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mpfr_digamma, mpfr_lngamma and mpfr_lgamma), in mpfr_div, in mpfr_fma |
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and mpfr_fms. |
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- Test coverage: 96.3% lines of code. |
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- Bug fixes. In particular: a speed improvement when the --enable-assert |
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or --enable-assert=full configure option is used with GCC; mpfr_get_str |
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now sets the NaN flag on NaN input and the inexact flag when the conversion |
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is inexact. For a full list, see https://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.6/#fixed |
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and the same section for any previous 3.1.x version (follow the links |
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in the "Changes..." sections). |
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- Microsoft Windows: Added support for thread-safe DLL (shared library). |
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Tested with MinGW, ICC and MSVC. |
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- Limited pkg-config support. |
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- Autotools: Under Linux, make sure that the old dtags (when supported) |
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are used if LD_LIBRARY_PATH is defined; otherwise "make check" would |
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check an installed, compatible MPFR library found in LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
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instead of the one that has been built with "make". |
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- New: optional "make check-gmp-symbols", mainly for binary distributions, |
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to check that MPFR does not use GMP internal symbols (experimental). |
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Changes from versions 3.0.* to version 3.1.0: |
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- The "canard à l'orange" release. |
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- The MPFR source has been reorganized. |
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- Dropped ansi2knr support. |
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- TLS support is now detected automatically. If TLS is supported, MPFR is |
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built as thread safe by default. To disable TLS explicitly, configure |
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MPFR with --disable-thread-safe. |
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- New --enable-gmp-internals configure option to use GMP's undocumented |
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functions (not from the public API). Note that library versioning is |
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not guaranteed to work if this option is used. |
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- The mpfr_urandom and mpfr_urandomb functions now return identical values |
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on processors with different word size (assuming the same random seed, and |
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since the GMP random generator does not depend itself on the word size, |
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cf https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-devel/2010-September/001642.html). |
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- The mpfr_add_one_ulp and mpfr_sub_one_ulp macros (which are obsolete and |
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no more documented) will be removed in a future release. |
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- Speed improvement for the mpfr_sqr and mpfr_div functions using Mulders' |
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algorithm. As a consequence, other functions using those routines are |
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also faster. |
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- Much faster formatted output (mpfr_printf, etc.) with %Rg and similar. |
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- The --with-gmp-build configure option can now be used when the GMP |
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source directory and the GMP build directory are different (without |
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having to copy header files manually as before). |
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- New functions mpfr_buildopt_gmpinternals_p, mpfr_buildopt_tune_case, |
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mpfr_frexp, mpfr_grandom and mpfr_z_sub. |
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- New divide-by-zero exception (flag) and associated functions. |
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- The mpfr.h header can be included several times, while still supporting |
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optional functions (see Section "Headers and Libraries" in the manual). |
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- Updated tuning parameters. |
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- Improved MPFR manual. |
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- MPFR tests: libtool no longer generates wrapper scripts with "make check" |
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(so that running the tests under valgrind or gdb is easier). |
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- Internal change: the logging mechanism has been improved. |
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- Test coverage: 95.2% lines of code. |
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- Bug fixes, in particular a huge inefficiency in mpfr_exp (when the |
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target precision is less than MPFR_EXP_THRESHOLD) on hard-to-round |
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cases, which can take several minutes. |
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Note: The mpfr_subnormalize implementation up to MPFR 3.0.0 did not change |
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the flags. In particular, it did not follow the generic rule concerning |
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the inexact flag (and no special behavior was specified). The case of the |
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underflow flag was more a lack of specification. |
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Changes from versions 2.4.* to version 3.0.0: |
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- The "boudin aux pommes" release. |
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- MPFR 3.0.0 is binary incompatible with previous versions but (almost) |
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API compatible. More precisely the obsolete functions mpfr_random |
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and mpfr_random2 have been removed, the meaning of the return type |
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of the function mpfr_get_f has changed, and the return type of the |
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function mpfr_get_z is now int instead of void. In practice, this |
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should not break any existing code. |
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- MPFR is now distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License |
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version 3 or later (LGPL v3+). |
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- Rounding modes GMP_RNDx are now MPFR_RNDx (GMP_RNDx kept for |
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compatibility). |
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- A new rounding mode (MPFR_RNDA) is available to round away from zero. |
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- The rounding mode type is now mpfr_rnd_t (as in previous versions, |
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both mpfr_rnd_t and mp_rnd_t are accepted, but mp_rnd_t may be |
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removed in the future). |
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- The precision type is now mpfr_prec_t (as in previous versions, both |
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mpfr_prec_t and mp_prec_t are accepted, but mp_prec_t may be removed |
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in the future) and it is now signed (it was unsigned in MPFR 2.*, but |
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this was not documented). In practice, this change should not affect |
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existing code that assumed nothing on the precision type. |
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- MPFR now has its own exponent type mpfr_exp_t, which is currently |
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the same as GMP's mp_exp_t. |
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- Functions mpfr_random and mpfr_random2 have been removed. |
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- mpfr_get_f and mpfr_get_z now return a ternary value. |
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- mpfr_strtofr now accepts bases from 37 to 62. |
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- mpfr_custom_get_mantissa was renamed to mpfr_custom_get_significand |
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(mpfr_custom_get_mantissa is still available via a #define). |
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- Functions mpfr_get_si, mpfr_get_ui, mpfr_get_sj, mpfr_get_uj, |
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mpfr_get_z and mpfr_get_z_2exp no longer have cases with undefined |
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behavior; in these cases, the behavior is now specified, and in |
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particular, the erange flag is set. |
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- New functions mpfr_buildopt_tls_p and mpfr_buildopt_decimal_p giving |
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information about options used at MPFR build time. |
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- New function mpfr_regular_p. |
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- New function mpfr_set_zero. |
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- New function mpfr_digamma. |
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- New function mpfr_ai (incomplete, experimental). |
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- New functions mpfr_set_flt and mpfr_get_flt to convert from/to the |
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float type. |
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- New function mpfr_urandom. |
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- New function mpfr_set_z_2exp (companion to mpfr_get_z_2exp, which |
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was renamed from mpfr_get_z_exp in previous versions). |
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- New function mpfr_min_prec. |
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- Speed improvement for large precisions in the trigonometric functions |
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(mpfr_sin, mpfr_cos, mpfr_tan, mpfr_sin_cos): speedup of about 2.5 |
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for 10^5 digits, of about 5 for 10^6 digits. |
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- Speed improvement for large precisions of the inverse trigonometric |
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functions (arcsin, arccos, arctan): about 2 for 10^3 digits, up to |
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2.7 for 10^6 digits. |
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- Some documentation files are installed in $docdir. |
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- The detection of a GMP build directory (more precisely, the internal |
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header files of GMP) was previously done separately from the use of |
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the --with-gmp-build configure option. This was not consistent with |
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the documentation and with other parts of the configure script. So, |
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as of MPFR 3.0.0, the internal header files of GMP are now used if |
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and only if the --with-gmp-build configure option is given. |
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- The configure script recognizes some extra "long double" formats |
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(double big endian, double little endian, double-double big endian). |
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- MPFR manual: added "API Compatibility" section. |
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- Test coverage: 97.1% lines of code. |
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- Bug fixes. |
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Changes from versions 2.3.* to version 2.4.0: |
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- The "andouillette sauce moutarde" release. |
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- MPFR is now a GNU package. |
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- Changes in the behavior of mpfr_strtofr and in its documentation |
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concerning particular cases where the code and the documentation |
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did not match; this change is also present in MPFR 2.3.1. |
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- Behavior of mpfr_check_range changed: if the value is an inexact |
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infinity, the overflow flag is set (in case it was lost); this |
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change is also present in MPFR 2.3.2. |
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- Function mpfr_init_gmp_rand (only defined when building MPFR without |
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the --with-gmp-build configure option) is no longer defined at all. |
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This function was private and not documented, and was used only in |
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the MPFR test suite. User code that calls it is regarded as broken |
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and may fail as a consequence. Running the old test suite against |
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MPFR 2.4.0 may also fail. |
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- New functions: |
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* between a MPFR number and a double: mpfr_add_d, mpfr_sub_d, |
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mpfr_d_sub, mpfr_mul_d, mpfr_div_d, mpfr_d_div, |
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* formatted input/output: |
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mpfr_printf, mpfr_fprintf, mpfr_vprintf, mpfr_vfprintf, |
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mpfr_sprintf, mpfr_snprintf, mpfr_vsprintf, mpfr_vsnprintf, |
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mpfr_asprintf, mpfr_vasprintf. |
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* mpfr_sinh_cosh, mpfr_li2, mpfr_modf, mpfr_fmod, mpfr_rec_sqrt. |
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- Configure test for TLS support. |
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- Get default $CC and $CFLAGS from gmp.h (__GMP_CC / __GMP_CFLAGS, |
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which are available as of GMP 4.2.3). |
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- Documented the fact that mpfr_random and mpfr_random2 will be |
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suppressed in the next release, and that the specification of |
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mpfr_eq may change in the next release (for compatibility with |
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the mpf layer of GMP). |
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- Test coverage: 96.7% lines of code. |
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- Bug fixes. |
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Changes from versions 2.2.* to version 2.3.0: |
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- The mpfr.info file is now installed in the share subdirectory |
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(as required by the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard); see output |
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of "./configure --help". |
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- The shared library is now enabled by default. If the MPFR build |
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fails on your platform, try the --disable-shared configure option |
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to disable the shared library. |
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- Thread-safe support with Microsoft Visual compiler. |
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- New functions mpfr_j0, mpfr_j1, mpfr_jn, mpfr_y0, mpfr_y1, mpfr_yn, |
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mpfr_lgamma, mpfr_remainder, mpfr_remquo, mpfr_fms, mpfr_signbit, |
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mpfr_setsign, mpfr_copysign, mpfr_get_patches. |
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- Functions mpfr_sin, mpfr_cos and mpfr_sin_cos improved (argument |
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reduction). |
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- More detailed MPFR manual. |
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- Improved tests (make check). |
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- Bug fixes. |
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Changes from versions 2.1.* to version 2.2.0: |
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- Bug fixes. |
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- new functions mpfr_set_overflow, mpfr_set_underflow, mpfr_set_inexflag, |
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mpfr_set_erangeflag, mpfr_set_nanflag, mpfr_erfc, mpfr_atan2, mpfr_pow_z, |
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mpfr_subnormalize, mpfr_const_catalan, mpfr_sec, mpfr_csc, mpfr_cot, |
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mpfr_root, mpfr_eint, mpfr_get_f, mpfr_sech, mpfr_csch, mpfr_coth, |
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mpfr_lngamma. |
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- new macro: MPFR_VERSION_STRING |
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- Remove the exported MPFR variables from mpfr.h to mpfr-impl.h. |
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(They were undocumented, so programs which respect the API still work). |
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- Grep CC and CFLAGS from GMP Makefile if possible. |
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- Math functions are faster (both average and worst cases). |
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- Better support for long double. |
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- Shared library of MPFR. |
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- Binary compatible with previous versions if you do not use undocumented |
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features. |
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- Thread safe (if built with --enable-thread-safe). |
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- Logging facility. |
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- Change in the semantics of mpfr_out_str/mpfr_get_str when n_digits=0. |
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- Better locale support. |
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Changes from version 2.1.0 to version 2.1.1: |
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- Better way to detect the GMP library. |
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- Bug fixes. |
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Changes from version 2.0.3 to version 2.1.0: |
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- Bug fixes. |
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- new functions mpfr_strtofr, mpfr_set_uj, mpfr_set_sj, mpfr_set_ui_2exp, |
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mpfr_set_si_2exp, mpfr_set_sj_2exp, mpfr_set_uj_2exp, mpfr_get_uj, |
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mpfr_get_sj, mpfr_get_z, mpfr_free_str, mpfr_si_sub, mpfr_sub_si, |
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mpfr_mul_si, mpfr_si_div, mpfr_div_si, mpfr_sqr, mpfr_cmp_z, mpfr_cmp_q, |
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mpfr_zero_p, mpfr_free_cache, mpfr_sum, mpfr_get_version, |
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mpfr_get_default_rounding_mode, mpfr_get_emin_min, mpfr_get_emin_max, |
| 361 |
mpfr_get_emax_min, mpfr_get_emax_max, mpfr_inits, mpfr_inits2, mpfr_clears, |
| 362 |
mpfr_fits_intmax_p, mpfr_fits_uintmax_p, mpfr_clear_erangeflag, |
| 363 |
mpfr_erangeflag_p, mpfr_rint_round, mpfr_rint_trunc, mpfr_rint_ceil, |
| 364 |
mpfr_rint_floor. |
| 365 |
- new macros MPFR_DECL_INIT, MPFR_VERSION, MPFR_VERSION_NUM, |
| 366 |
MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR, MPFR_VERSION_MINOR, MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL. |
| 367 |
- improved documentation. |
| 368 |
- improved configure. |
| 369 |
- improved portability (library and test suite). |
| 370 |
- It handles correctly non IEEE-754 double. |
| 371 |
- GMP internal files are not needed to install MPFR. |
| 372 |
- It is faster with low-precision floating point. |
| 373 |
- New global flag: ERANGE_FLAG. |
| 374 |
- Binary incompatible with previous versions, but API compatible. |
| 375 |
- mpfr_set_str doesn't allow anymore "@NAN@garbagechar" and "@INF@garbagechar", |
| 376 |
allows base 0 (detection of the base), prefix (0x, 0b), leading whitespace. |
| 377 |
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| 378 |
Changes from version 2.0.2 to version 2.0.3: |
| 379 |
- Bug fixes. |
| 380 |
- Support GMP as a shared library (not fully tested). |
| 381 |
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| 382 |
Changes from version 2.0.1 to version 2.0.2: |
| 383 |
- many bug fixes and other improvements. |
| 384 |
- new functions mpfr_prec_round (replaces mpfr_round_prec), mpfr_get_exp, |
| 385 |
mpfr_set_exp, mpfr_get_ld, mpfr_set_ld, mpfr_get_d_2exp, mpfr_get_si, |
| 386 |
mpfr_get_ui, mpfr_nextabove, mpfr_nextbelow, mpfr_nexttoward, mpfr_frac, |
| 387 |
mpfr_fits_*, mpfr_cmp_d, mpfr_cmpabs, mpfr_erf, mpfr_gamma, mpfr_zeta, |
| 388 |
mpfr_greater_p, mpfr_greaterequal_p, mpfr_less_p, mpfr_lessequal_p, |
| 389 |
mpfr_lessgreater_p, mpfr_equal_p, mpfr_unordered_p. |
| 390 |
- removed functions: mpfr_print_binary, mpfr_round_prec (replaced by |
| 391 |
mpfr_prec_round), mpfr_set_str_raw, mpfr_set_machine_rnd_mode. |
| 392 |
- function mpfr_isinteger renamed mpfr_integer_p. |
| 393 |
- return type of some functions changed from void to int, for consistency. |
| 394 |
- return type of mpfr_set_prec changed from int to void. |
| 395 |
- new values for exponent range. |
| 396 |
- rename internal variables. |
| 397 |
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| 398 |
Changes from version 2001 to version 2.0.1: |
| 399 |
- new mathematical functions: acos, acosh, asin, asinh, atan, atanh, cosh, |
| 400 |
base-2 exponential and logarithm, base-10 logarithm, expm1, factorial, |
| 401 |
pow, pow_si, pow_ui, sinh, tan, tanh, ui_pow, ui_pow_ui |
| 402 |
- other new functions: mpfr_const_euler, mpfr_dim, mpfr_fma, mpfr_hypot, |
| 403 |
mpfr_min, mpfr_max, mpfr_rint, mpfr_set_inf, mpfr_set_nan |
| 404 |
- new operations with MPZ or MPQ: mpfr_{add,sub,mul,div}_[zq] |
| 405 |
- new predicates: mpfr_inf_p, mpfr_nan_p, mpfr_number_p, mpfr_isinteger, |
| 406 |
- add mechanism to set/check exponent range (overflow, underflow), partially |
| 407 |
implemented in the mpfr functions. |
| 408 |
- efficiency: mpfr_div is now faster when the divisor has a few limbs |
| 409 |
- rounding: now mpfr_pow implements exact rounding, and most functions return a |
| 410 |
ternary value indicating the position of the returned value wrt the exact one |
| 411 |
(thus the return value is now 'int' instead of 'void') |
| 412 |
- complete rewrite of the configuration files |
| 413 |
- mpfr_get_d, mpfr_{add,sub}_one_ulp now get a rounding mode as 2nd argument |
| 414 |
- some function names did change: mpz_set_fr is now mpfr_get_z_exp, |
| 415 |
mpfr_print_raw is now mpfr_print_binary. |
| 416 |
|
| 417 |
Changes from version 1.0 to version 2001: |
| 418 |
- the default installation does not provide any more access to machine |
| 419 |
rounding mode, and as a consequence does not compare MPFR results with |
| 420 |
precision=53 to machine results. Add option -DTEST if you want to have |
| 421 |
access to machine rounding mode, and to check MPFR results against. |
| 422 |
- the MPFR files do not need <math.h> any more |
| 423 |
- the header file <mpfr.h> was split into <mpfr.h> for exported functions |
| 424 |
and <mpfr-impl.h> for internal functions. The user should not use functions |
| 425 |
or macros from <mpfr-impl.h>, since those may change in further releases. |
| 426 |
- <mpfr.h> was modified in order to make easy a C++ interface |
| 427 |
- MPFR now deals with infinities (+infinity and -infinity) and NaN |
| 428 |
- the missing function mpfr_swap is now available |
| 429 |
- mpfr_zeta was removed (was incomplete) |
| 430 |
- mpfr_init and mpfr_init2 now initialize the corresponding variable to 0 |
| 431 |
(like in other initialization functions from GNU MP) |
| 432 |
- in case memory allocation fails, an error message is output |
| 433 |
- several bugs of version 1.0 were fixed |
| 434 |
|
| 435 |
Changes from version 0.4 to version 1.0: |
| 436 |
|
| 437 |
- Version 1.0 now uses a standard configure/make installation. |
| 438 |
- Version 1.0 implements all functions that are available in the MPF class |
| 439 |
from GMP 3.1 (except mpf_swap) and a header file mpf2mpfr.h is included in |
| 440 |
the distribution for easy change from MPF to MPFR. |
| 441 |
- Version 1.0 implements new elementary functions: mpfr_sincos |
| 442 |
- Some functions and macros have been renamed: mpfr_log2 is now |
| 443 |
mpfr_const_log2, mpfr_pi is now mpfr_const_pi, SIGN is now MPFR_SIGN. |
| 444 |
- Version 1.0 uses faster algorithms for mpfr_exp, mpfr_const_pi, |
| 445 |
mpfr_const_log2. Compare the timings from version 1.0 and version 0.4. |
| 446 |
- Version 1.0 corrects some bugs of version 0.4. |
| 447 |
- The precision of MPFR variables is now named mpfr_prec, which makes it |
| 448 |
easier to change it, to say unsigned long long. Same for the rounding mode |
| 449 |
which is called mp_rnd_t. |
| 450 |
|
| 451 |
You'll find other news concerning the GNU MPFR library on the web |
| 452 |
page <https://www.mpfr.org/>. |