From b0c35ecd4ba4b021e8091f3efe43f1f33cb62883 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shlomi Fish Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:27:24 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update perlop's bignum modules list. Removed some out-of-date modules and add Math::GMPq, Math::GMPz and Math:GMPf. --- pod/perlop.pod | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index 508853a..33d1845 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -3227,17 +3227,18 @@ provide faster implementations via external C libraries. Here is a short, but incomplete summary: - Math::Fraction big, unlimited fractions like 9973 / 12967 Math::String treat string sequences like numbers Math::FixedPrecision calculate with a fixed precision Math::Currency for currency calculations Bit::Vector manipulate bit vectors fast (uses C) Math::BigIntFast Bit::Vector wrapper for big numbers Math::Pari provides access to the Pari C library - Math::BigInteger uses an external C library - Math::Cephes uses external Cephes C library (no big numbers) + Math::Cephes uses the external Cephes C library (no big numbers) Math::Cephes::Fraction fractions via the Cephes library Math::GMP another one using an external C library + Math::GMPz an alternative interface to libgmp's big ints. + Math::GMPq an interface to libgmp's fraction numbers. + Math::GMPf an interface to libgmp's floating point numbers. Choose wisely. -- 2.7.4