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diff --git a/python/python2-bigfloat/README b/python/python2-bigfloat/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..88e23f84b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/python2-bigfloat/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The bigfloat module is a Python wrapper for the MPFR library for +arbitrary precision floating-point reliable arithmetic. + +The MPFR library is a well-known portable C library for +arbitrary-precision arithmetic on floating-point numbers. It provides +precise control over precisions and rounding modes and gives +correctly-rounded reproducible platform-independent results. + +The bigfloat module aims to provide a convenient and friendly Python +interface to the operations and functions provided by the MPFR library. +The main class, BigFloat, gives an immutable multiple-precision +floating-point type that can be freely mixed with Python integers and +floats. The Context class, when used in conjunction with Pythons with +statement, gives a simple way of controlling precisions and rounding +modes. Additional module-level functions provide various standard +mathematical operations. There is full support for IEEE 754 signed +zeros, nans, infinities and subnormals. |