[m-dev.] for review: float/math changes (round 2)
Fergus Henderson
fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Wed Sep 9 01:00:55 AEST 1998
On 08-Sep-1998, Andrew Bromage <bromage at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> library/math.m:
> library/float.m:
> Addition of four new system constants (float__radix,
> float__mantissa_digits, float__min_exponent and
> float__max_exponent) plus predicate equivalents. Also
> added in some extra documentation for the other constants.
>
> Rename floating point constants using the C coding standard
> way (ML_*).
>
> Put code for mathematical domain checking inside
> `#ifndef ML_OMIT_MATH_DOMAIN_CHECKS', so that the user
> can disable domain checking. (Note: This is actually safe,
> since the combination of floating point hardware and -lm
> should do all these checks for you.)
>
> NEWS:
> Mention the above changes.
That looks fine now, thanks.
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