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| author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2018-01-19 00:03:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2018-01-19 02:45:14 +0100 |
| commit | 24a87a14e13cf8edd1693da3e5dcc3d30d21486b (patch) | |
| tree | e91cb4e3b9cd08f37950fdb7eb8f07c17306a3c6 /gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm | |
| parent | f89cebb1e6d5b9cc0177e572b97f24cb91fd5e13 (diff) | |
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gnu: mpfi: Edit synopsis & description.
* gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm (mpfi)[synopsis, description]: Edit.
Define several terms. Use GMP instead of MP for consistency.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm index c7d47f5df8..291b81ae76 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm @@ -141,13 +141,16 @@ It supports arbitrarily high precision and it correctly rounds the results.") (build-system gnu-build-system) (propagated-inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp) ; <mpfi.h> refers to both ("mpfr" ,mpfr))) - (synopsis "C library for arbitrary precision interval arithmetic") - (description "MPFI is intended to be a portable library written in C for -arbitrary precision interval arithmetic with intervals represented using MPFR -reliable floating-point numbers. It is based on the GNU MP library and on the -MPFR library. The purpose of an arbitrary precision interval arithmetic is on -the one hand to get guaranteed results, thanks to interval computation, and on -the other hand to obtain accurate results, thanks to multiple precision -arithmetic.") + (synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic") + (description + "@dfn{MPFI} (Multiple Precision Floating-point Interval) is a portable C +library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic, with intervals represented +using MPFR reliable floating-point numbers. It's based on the @dfn{GMP} (GNU +Multiple Precision Arithmetic) and GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPFR} (Multiple Precision +Floating-Point Reliably) libraries. + +The purpose of arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic is to get results that +are both guaranteed, thanks to interval computation, and accurate, thanks to +multiple-precision arithmetic.") (license lgpl2.1+) (home-page "https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/nathalie.revol/software.html"))) |