[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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