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diff --git a/python/python-bigfloat/README b/python/python-bigfloat/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a66784f717 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/python-bigfloat/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +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. |