Sarnold 14/12/2004
BigFloat for Tcl v1.0 is released at [L1 ].
This is a library that handles floating-point numbers with (possibly) hundreds of digits, with full support of trigonometry, log, exp, pi, etc.
This is a rewriting of MPA. All functions are shipped in the ::math::bigfloat namespace. There is a test suite, and a demonstration that takes the form of a RPN calculator, in both starkit and starpack forms.
I think the next thing is to produce a decent manual in doctools format, and then a test suite that fits into tcllib. done 19/12/2004
Past discussion :
LV Is the intent for this to be a tcl script only package; something that might be contributed to tcllib?
Sarnold Sure, I first asked if MPA could be contributed to tcllib, and after I realized there was an interest for it, I decided that MPA would become BigFloat for Tcl.
I am currently rewriting all MPA into one namespace called ::math::bigfloat and the name of the package should be bigfloat. There is a lot of work, but I think I will have done it for February 2005. Wait and see. Done, but the package has to be brought to tcllib