=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.1.1.4 diff -u -p -r1.1 -r1.1.1.4 --- OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS 2000/01/10 15:35:21 1.1 +++ OpenXM_contrib/gmp/Attic/NEWS 2003/08/25 16:05:54 1.1.1.4 @@ -1,5 +1,177 @@ -NOTEWORTHY CHANGES IN GNU MP IN VERSION 2 +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. +* Improved `make check' running more tests. +* Tuned algorithm cutoff points for many machines. This will improve speed for + a lot of operations, in some cases by a large amount. +* Major speed improvments: Alpha 21264. +* Some speed improvments: Cray vector computers, AMD K6 and Athlon, Intel P5 + and Pentium Pro/II/III. +* The mpf_get_prec function now works as it did in GMP 2. +* New utilities for auto-tuning and speed measuring. +* Multiplication now optionally uses FFT for very large operands. (To enable + it, pass --enable-fft to configure.) +* Support for new systems: Solaris running on x86, FreeBSD 5, HP-UX 11, Cray + vector computers, Rhapsody, Nextstep/Openstep, MacOS. +* Support for shared libraries on 32-bit HPPA. +* New integer functions: mpz_mul_si, mpz_odd_p, mpz_even_p. +* New Kronecker symbol functions: mpz_kronecker_si, mpz_kronecker_ui, + mpz_si_kronecker, mpz_ui_kronecker. +* New rational functions: mpq_out_str, mpq_swap. +* New float functions: mpf_swap. +* New mpn functions: mpn_divexact_by3c, mpn_tdiv_qr. +* New EXPERIMENTAL function layer for accurate floating-point arithmetic, mpfr. + To try it, pass --enable-mpfr to configure. See the mpfr subdirectory for + more information; it is not documented in the main GMP manual. + +Changes between MP version 3.0 and 3.0.1 + +* Memory leaks in gmp_randinit and mpz_probab_prime_p fixed. +* Documentation for gmp_randinit fixed. Misc documentation errors fixed. + +Changes between MP version 2.0 and 3.0 + +* Source level compatibility with past releases (except mpn_gcd). +* Bug fixes. +* Much improved speed thanks to both host independent and host dependent + optimizations. +* Switch to autoconf/automake/libtool. +* Support for building libgmp as a shared library. +* Multiplication and squaring using 3-way Toom-Cook. +* Division using the Burnikel-Ziegler method. +* New functions computing binomial coefficients: mpz_bin_ui, mpz_bin_uiui. +* New function computing Fibonacci numbers: mpz_fib_ui. +* New random number generators: mpf_urandomb, mpz_rrandomb, mpz_urandomb, + mpz_urandomm, gmp_randclear, gmp_randinit, gmp_randinit_lc_2exp, gmp_randseed, + gmp_randseed_ui. +* New function for quickly extracting limbs: mpz_getlimbn. +* New functions performing integer size tests: mpz_fits_sint_p, + mpz_fits_slong_p, mpz_fits_sshort_p, mpz_fits_uint_p, mpz_fits_ulong_p, + mpz_fits_ushort_p. +* New mpf functions: mpf_ceil, mpf_floor, mpf_pow_ui, mpf_trunc. +* New mpq function: mpq_set_d. +* New mpz functions: mpz_addmul_ui, mpz_cmpabs, mpz_cmpabs_ui, mpz_lcm, + mpz_nextprime, mpz_perfect_power_p, mpz_remove, mpz_root, mpz_swap, + mpz_tdiv_ui, mpz_tstbit, mpz_xor. +* New mpn function: mpn_divexact_by3. +* New CPU support: DEC Alpha 21264, AMD K6 and Athlon, HPPA 2.0 and 64, + Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium-II/III, Sparc 64, PowerPC 64. +* Almost 10 times faster mpz_invert and mpn_gcdext. +* The interface of mpn_gcd has changed. +* Better support for MIPS R4x000 and R5000 under Irix 6. +* Improved support for SPARCv8 and SPARCv9 processors. + +Changes between MP version 2.0 and 2.0.2 + +* Many bug fixes. + +Changes between MP version 1.3.2 and 2.0 + * Division routines in the mpz class have changed. There are three classes of functions, that rounds the quotient to -infinity, 0, and +infinity, respectively. The first class of functions have names that begin with @@ -38,7 +210,7 @@ NOTEWORTHY CHANGES IN GNU MP IN VERSION 2 * Uses GNU configure. This makes it possible to choose target architecture and CPU variant, and to compile into a separate object directory. * Carefully optimized assembly for important inner loops. Support for DEC - Alpha, Amd 29000, HPPA 1.0 and 1.1, Intel pentium and generic x86, Intel + Alpha, Amd 29000, HPPA 1.0 and 1.1, Intel Pentium and generic x86, Intel i960, Motorola MC68000, MC68020, MC88100, and MC88110, Motorola/IBM PowerPC, National NS32000, IBM POWER, MIPS R3000, R4000, SPARCv7, SuperSPARC, generic SPARCv8, and DEC VAX. Some support also for ARM, @@ -54,3 +226,11 @@ INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN GMP 1 AND GMP 2 * mpz division functions round differently. * mpz mod functions now really compute mod. * mpz_powm and mpz_powm_ui now really use mod for reduction. + + + +---------------- +Local variables: +mode: text +fill-column: 76 +End: