diff man/lispref/numbers.texi @ 2182:c91543697b09

[xemacs-hg @ 2004-07-19 08:24:24 by stephent] manual improvements <87n01w9zi9.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
author stephent
date Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:24:28 +0000
parents 0221e454fe63
children b5e1d4f6b66f
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--- a/man/lispref/numbers.texi	Sun Jul 18 21:50:20 2004 +0000
+++ b/man/lispref/numbers.texi	Mon Jul 19 08:24:28 2004 +0000
@@ -408,6 +408,13 @@
 Bigfloats, when available, have the same read syntax and print
 representations as fixed-precision floats.
 
+It is possible to make bigfloat the default floating point format by
+setting @code{default-float-precision} to a non-zero value.  Precision
+is given in bits, with a maximum precision of @code{bigfloat-max-prec}.
+@c #### is this true?
+Bigfloats are created automatically when a number with yes
+
+
 
 @node Canonicalization and Contagion
 @subsection Canonicalization and Contagion