=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 retrieving revision 1.1.1.4 diff -u -p -r1.1.1.2 -r1.1.1.4 --- OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS 2000/09/09 14:12:13 1.1.1.2 +++ OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS 2003/08/25 16:05:54 1.1.1.4 @@ -1,3 +1,108 @@ +Copyright 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of the GNU MP Library. + +The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your +option) any later version. + +The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY +or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public +License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License +along with the GNU MP Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to +the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA +02111-1307, USA. + + +Changes between MP version 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 + +* Bug fixes. + +Changes between MP version 4.1 and 4.1.1 + +* Bug fixes. +* New systems supported: NetBSD and OpenBSD sparc64. + +Changes between MP version 4.0.1 and 4.1 + +* Bug fixes. +* Speed improvements. +* Upwardly binary compatible with 4.0, 4.0.1, and 3.x versions. +* Asymptotically fast conversion to/from strings (mpz, mpq, mpn levels), but + also major speed improvements for tiny operands. +* mpn_get_str parameter restrictions relaxed. +* Major speed improvments for HPPA 2.0 systems. +* Major speed improvments for UltraSPARC systems. +* Major speed improvments for IA-64 systems (but still sub-optimal code). +* Extended test suite. +* mpfr is back, with many bug fixes and portability improvements. +* New function: mpz_ui_sub. +* New functions: mpz_export, mpz_import. +* Optimization for nth root functions (mpz_root, mpz_perfect_power_p). +* Optimization for extended gcd (mpz_gcdext, mpz_invert, mpn_gcdext). +* Generalized low-level number format, reserving a `nails' part of each + limb. (Please note that this is really experimental; some functions + are likely to compute garbage when nails are enabled.) +* Nails-enabled Alpha 21264 assembly code, allowing up to 75% better + performance. (Use --enable-nails=4 to enable it.) + +Changes between MP version 4.0 and 4.0.1 + +* Bug fixes. + +Changes between MP version 3.1.1 and 4.0 + +* Bug fixes. +* Speed improvements. +* Upwardly binary compatible with 3.x versions. +* New CPU support: IA-64, Pentium 4. +* Improved CPU support: 21264, Cray vector systems. +* Support for all MIPS ABIs: o32, n32, 64. +* New systems supported: Darwin, SCO, Windows DLLs. +* New divide-and-conquer square root algorithm. +* New algorithms chapter in the manual. +* New malloc reentrant temporary memory method. +* New C++ class interface by Gerardo Ballabio (beta). +* Revamped configure, featuring ABI selection. +* Speed improvements for mpz_powm and mpz_powm_ui (mainly affecting small + operands). +* mpz_perfect_power_p now properly recognizes 0, 1, and negative perfect + powers. +* mpz_hamdist now supports negative operands. +* mpz_jacobi now accepts non-positive denominators. +* mpz_powm now supports negative exponents. +* mpn_mul_1 operand overlap requirements relaxed. +* Float input and output uses locale specific decimal point where available. +* New gmp_printf, gmp_scanf and related functions. +* New division functions: mpz_cdiv_q_2exp, mpz_cdiv_r_2exp, mpz_divexact_ui. +* New divisibility tests: mpz_divisible_p, mpz_divisible_ui_p, + mpz_divisible_2exp_p, mpz_congruent_p, mpz_congruent_ui_p, + mpz_congruent_2exp_p. +* New Fibonacci function: mpz_fib2_ui. +* New Lucas number functions: mpz_lucnum_ui, mpz_lucnum2_ui. +* Other new integer functions: mpz_cmp_d, mpz_cmpabs_d, mpz_get_d_2exp, + mpz_init2, mpz_kronecker, mpz_lcm_ui, mpz_realloc2. +* New rational I/O: mpq_get_str, mpq_inp_str, mpq_out_str, mpq_set_str. +* Other new rational functions: mpq_abs, mpq_cmp_si, mpq_div_2exp, + mpq_mul_2exp, mpq_set_f. +* New float tests: mpf_integer_p, mpf_fits_sint_p, mpf_fits_slong_p, + mpf_fits_sshort_p, mpf_fits_uint_p, mpf_fits_ulong_p, mpf_fits_ushort_p. +* Other new float functions: mpf_cmp_d, mpf_get_default_prec, mpf_get_si, + mpf_get_ui, mpf_get_d_2exp. +* New random functions: gmp_randinit_default, gmp_randinit_lc_2exp_size. +* New demo expression string parser (see demos/expr). +* New preliminary perl interface (see demos/perl). +* Tuned algorithm thresholds for many more CPUs. + +Changes between MP version 3.1 and 3.1.1 + +* Bug fixes for division (rare), mpf_get_str, FFT, and miscellaneous minor + things. + Changes between MP version 3.0 and 3.1 * Bug fixes.