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[xemacs-hg @ 2004-04-19 11:25:58 by stephent]
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author | stephent |
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date | Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:26:04 +0000 |
parents | cc89c76c4b17 |
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--- a/man/lispref/numbers.texi Mon Apr 19 11:12:05 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/lispref/numbers.texi Mon Apr 19 11:26:04 2004 +0000 @@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ numerical analyst. Arbitrary precision floats are not available with MP. + If your code needs to run correctly whether or not the feature is +provided, you may test for the features @code{bignum}, @code{ratio}, and +@code{bigfloat}. + The XEmacs bignum facility implements the Common Lisp notion of @dfn{contagion}, so that integers are always represented using the ``smallest'' representation that is exact, and integral ratios are