# HG changeset patch
# User stephent
# Date 1082373964 0
# Node ID a7b2d995287f58e93ea12a72616991441799ece3
# Parent  cc89c76c4b17b6633df2332d5cccb2db4eb57f2a
[xemacs-hg @ 2004-04-19 11:25:58 by stephent]
document featurep features <873c70us4l.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>

diff -r cc89c76c4b17 -r a7b2d995287f man/ChangeLog
--- a/man/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 19 11:12:05 2004 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 19 11:26:04 2004 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-19  Stephen J. Turnbull  <turnbull@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
+
+	* lispref/numbers.texi (The Bignum Extension): Mention the feature
+	symbols provided.
+
 2004-04-19  Stephen J. Turnbull  <turnbull@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
 
 	* lispref/numbers.texi (Rational Basics): There's a reason why
diff -r cc89c76c4b17 -r a7b2d995287f man/lispref/numbers.texi
--- 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