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+version 1.1.1.2, 2003/08/25 16:06:05
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+ This file is part of the MPFR Library.
-                         THE MPFR LIBRARY
+ The MPFR Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (either version 2.1
+ of the License, or, at your option, any later version) and the GNU General
+ Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation (most of MPFR is
+ under the former, some under the latter).
-      ***** EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL *****
+ The MPFR Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-      ***** EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL *****
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
-      ***** EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL *****
+ or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License for more details.
- This is a new function class, 'mpfr', for accurate floating-point arithmetic
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- with rounding control. Unlike the 'mpf' function class, 'mpfr' is a smooth
+ along with the MPFR Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
- extension to the IEEE P754 arithmetic. In fact, setting the precision to 53,
+ the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
- 'mpfr' functions should work exactly like IEEE doubles.
+-1307, USA.
- This code is *experimental* and it is not fully integrated into GMP. It is
- also not as well tested as the other parts of GMP. The original 'mpfr' library
- integrated into GMP was version 0.4.
- This code might at some point replace the 'mpf' library.
+ The MPFR distribution contains the following files:
+ AUTHORS     - the authors of the library
+ BUGS        - bugs in MPFR - please read this file!
-                         MORE INFORMATION
+ COPYING     - the GNU General Public License, version 2
+ COPYING.LIB - the Gnu Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
- This code was contributed by the French FIABLE project. Please see the 'mpfr'
+ ChangeLog   - the log of changes
- project page for more info, http://www.loria.fr/projets/mpfr/
+ INSTALL     - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi)
+ Makefile*   - files for building the library
+ NEWS        - new features with respect to previous versions
+ README      - this file
-                           INSTALLATION
+ TODO        - what remains to do (any help is welcome!)
+ VERSION     - version of MPFR (next release version if taken from CVS)
- To install this package to the libgmp library you add the "--enable-mpfr" to
+ ac*.m4      - automatic configuration files
- configure. This has the unfortune side effect that all programs using GMP
+ *.c         - source files
- will also depend on 'libm'.
+ configure*  - configuration files
+ install*    - installation files
- Two test cases were disabled, 'tcmp' 'tset_d'.
+ missing     - auxiliary installation file
+ mkinst*     - auxiliary installation file
+ mpf2mpfr.h  - header file for compatibility with MPF
+ mpfr.h      - external header file for MPFR
-                          REPORTING BUGS
+ mpfr-impl.h - internal header file for MPFR
+ mpfr-math.h - another internal header file for MPFR
- Report bugs to bug-gmp@gnu.org and mpfr@loria.fr.  What information is
+ mpfr-test.h - header file for test files
- needed in a good bug report is described in the manual.  The same address
+ mpfr.info   - info file for MPFR
- can be used for suggesting modifications and enhancements.
+ mpfr.texi   - texinfo documentation for MPFR
+ tests/      - test directory
+ texinfo.tex - TeX macros to handle mpfr.texi
-                 NOTES FROM THE ORIGINAL INSTALL DOCUMENT
- We tested the installation with GMP 2.0.2 on the following architectures:
-     Pentium II and III/Linux 2.2.10
-     Alpha 21264/OSF1 V4.0
-     SGI R10000/IRIX 6.5 (both using 32- and 64-bit limbs)
-     Sun UltraSparc/Solaris 2.6
-     HP 9000/HP-UX A.09.05
-     Pentium/Windows with Cygnus compiler
- Known problems.
- ===============
-) On some architectures (for example Alpha/OSF), the default 'make' command
-    crashes in step 3. GNU make is preferred.
-) Under HP-UX and Pentium/Linux, don't use the -pedantic option, otherwise
-    gcc complains with the longlong.h file from GMP.
-) On the Alpha, the test file for the square root (tsqrt) may produce
-    errors as follows:
-      libm.a differs from mpfr_sqrt for a=9.89438396044940260000e-134, rnd_mode=2
-      libm.a gives 3.14553397063986620000e-67, mpfr_sqrt gives 3.14553397063986680000e-67 (1 ulp)
-      libm.a differs from mpfr_sqrt for a=7.86528588050363750000e+31, rnd_mode=1
-      libm.a gives 8.86864469944739500000e+15, mpfr_sqrt gives 8.86864469944739400000e+15 (-1 ulp)
-    Also, Linux on Alpha is known to have problems with IEEE conformance. See
-    http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2211.html.
-    In most cases, as above, the error comes from the libm.a. On Alpha/Linux,
-    which is known to have a bad libm.a, you may even find errors in the
-    addition or multiplication.

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