[svn:parrot] r36828 - trunk/docs/pdds/draft

[rurban at svn.parrot.org]

Author: rurban
Date: Tue Feb 17 19:00:06 2009
New Revision: 36828
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/36828

Log:
[docs] pdd14: gmp. bignum <=> bigint

Modified:
   trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd14_numbers.pod

Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd14_numbers.pod
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd14_numbers.pod	Tue Feb 17 18:40:13 2009	(r36827)
+++ trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd14_numbers.pod	Tue Feb 17 19:00:06 2009	(r36828)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 Returns the integer value of the C<Integer> as a floating-point number.
 
-=item C<get_bignum()>
+=item C<get_bigint()>
 
 Returns the integer value of the C<Integer> in a new C<BigInt> PMC.
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 
 =head3 BigInt PMC
 
-The big number library provides Parrot with both a collection of (nearly)
+The bigint library provides Parrot with both a collection of (nearly)
 infinite precision numeric types and an implementation of an extended decimal
 arithmetic (EDA).
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 =item Big floats with fixed fractional parts
 
 Numbers with a fixed maximum number of digits in their fractional part, again
-with no limit on size.
+with no limit on size;. i.e BigRat.
 
 =back
 
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@
 
 Alex Gough's suggestions for bigint/bignum implementation.
 
+GNU gmp. That's we currently use: mpz and mpf.
+
 =cut
 
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