TELS / bignum-0.22 / CHANGES 

2007-06-30 Tels 0.22 301 tests
  * make the pragmas lexical, so that "no bigint;" etc. works
  * make "use bigint; use bignum;" not warn about redefining "inf" and "NaN"
    This also means a "use bigint;" will not override any already existing
    "inf" or "NaN" routine
  * require Math::BigInt v1.87
  * fix #27059: t/option_l.t fails
  * on Perl 5.9.4 or later: "overload" hex() and oct() with lexical routines
    that also handle arbitrary big integers
  * for all Perls: make "use bigint qw/hex oct/" export global hex() and oct()
    routines that work with big integers
  * make bignum.pm and bigrat.pm re-use code from bigint.pm
  * add exportable bpi() and bexp() methods
  * add exportable PI and e constants

2007-04-17 Tels 0.21 205 tests
  * require Math::BigInt v1.83
  * require Math::BigRat v0.19
  * add support for "try" and "only"
  * fix licence field back to "perl"

2007-04-09 Tels 0.20 198 tests
  * require Math::BigInt v1.82
  * require Math::BigRat v0.18
  * add a test for bug #18025:
    "bignum/bigrat can lead to a number that is both 1 and 0"
  * POD test needs Test::Pod::Coverage 1.08 to work

2007-02-03 Tels 0.19 194 tests
  * require Math::BigInt v1.79
  * require Perl v5.6.2
  * add Build.PL
  * use Module::Install
  * remove PREREQ_FATAL since the toolchain is broken
  * apply spelling fixes to POD

2007-01-27 Tels 0.18 194 tests
  * require Math::BigInt 1.78
  * add support for octal constants
  * use PREREQ_FATAL
  * add POD tests

Older changelog:

2002-01-29 Tels 0.01
  * first version
2002-01-29 Tels 0.02
  * AUTOLOAD, cleaned up a bit
2002-02-10 Tels 0.03
  * renamed to bignum
  * added dependency and loading of Math::BigRat
2002-02-21 Tels 0.04
  * added :constant to Math::BigFloat loading and tests for it
  * added v to import to print version and exit:

	te@null:~ > perl -Mbignum=v
	Math::BigInt     v1.51 lib => Math::BigInt::Calc v0.22
	Math::BigFloat   v1.28
	Math::BigRat     v0.02 
	te@null:~ > perl -Mbignum=v,lib,Pari
	Math::BigInt     v1.51 lib => Math::BigInt::Pari v1.07
	Math::BigFloat   v1.28
	Math::BigRat     v0.02 
2002-02-24 Tels 0.05
  * Comes now in two flavours: Normal (bignum) and Rat-flavoured (bigrat)
	te@null:~ > perl -Mbignum=v
	Math::BigInt     v1.52 lib => Math::BigInt::Calc v0.23
	Math::BigFloat   v1.29
	te@null:~ > perl -Mbigrat=v
	Math::BigInt     v1.52 lib => Math::BigInt::Calc v0.23
	Math::BigFloat   v1.29
	Math::BigRat     v0.02 
2002-02-26 Tels 0.06
  * options can now be in short (one letter) or long form
  * new option: t or trace 
  * old option: v or version
  * included Math::BigInt::Trace for trace
2002-03-05 Tels 0.07
  * new options: a (accuracy) and p (precision)
  * doc and tests improved quite a lot
2002-03-11 Tels 0.08
  * doc fixes/types and 'l' is equal to 'lib' (thanx to Dan Sullivan)
  * added tests for l, lib, and foo (the latter is expected to die)
  * uses Math::BigInt::Lite when it finds it, otherwise just plain M::BI
  * added tests for loading of Lite
  * version output includes Math::BigInt::Lite when it was used
  * rewritten README and INSTALL document
2002-03-12 Tels 0.09
  * added bigint.pm as a better way of perl -MMath::BigInt=:constant
  * tests for that
  * bigrat: some typos
2002-03-17 Tels 0.10
  * bigint: handle floating point constants like '4.5', '45e-1', '4.56e1' by
            truncating them to integer, so:
    perl -Mbigint -le 'print 4.5+4.5'
    8
2002-03-25 Tels 0.11
  * testsuite failed under Lite due to specific tests for MBI
  * removed the printing of "Loading ..." to STDERR (interfered w/ something)
  * more tests for bigrat and bignum
  * trace.t remvoed due to VMS problems
2002-08-13 Tels 0.12
  * INSTALLDIRS => perl
  * document that use bignum/bigint/bigrat is global, not only in current block
  * added default exported inf() and NaN() routines to fix the second example:
    perl -Mbignum -e 'print 1 + inf,"\n"'
    perl -Mbignum -e 'print inf + inf,"\n"'
  * tests for inf()/NaN()
2002-08-24 Tels 0.13
  * added a LOT to the documentation
  * tests don't go "huh" anymore
  * bninfnan.t has the correct setup for testing in the core
2002-12-12 Tels 0.14a 175 tests (not released)
  * added doc about shallow copies like $x = $y and method calls
  * precision()/accuracy()/round_mode() save now one call and are thus faster
  * bigrat() now calls Math::BigRat->precision|accuracy|round_mode, too
  * distribution is now signed, go to http://bloodgate.com/tels.asc for key
2003-07-04 Tels 0.14 175 tests (released)
  * small nits fixed
  * allow parameters a and p for bigrat
2004-03-12 Tels 0.15 175 tests
  * small nitpick fix for Math::BigInt v1.70
2005-01-01 Tels 0.16 184 tests
  * option "l", "a", and "p" did not work under -Mbigrat
  * little doc fixes
  * add more tests, convert some testfiles to Test::More
2005-04-03 Tels 0.17 184 tests
  * remove the default library 'Calc', and let Bigint et. al. decide instead
    which library to load as default

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