The decNumber Library, version 3.36
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6 Jul 2006
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Appendix – Changes

This appendix documents changes since the first (internal) release of this document (Draft 1.50, 21 Feb 2001).

Changes in Draft 1.60 (9 July 2001)

Changes in Draft 1.65 (25 September 2001)

Changes in Version 2.00 (4 December 2001)

This is the first public release of this document.

Changes in Version 2.11 (25 March 2002)

Changes in Version 2.12 (23 April 2002)

Changes in Version 2.15 (5 July 2002)

The package has been updated to reflect the changes included in the combined arithmetic specification. These preserve more digits of the coefficient together with extended zero values if extended in the context is 1. Notably:

Changes in Version 2.17 (1 September 2002)

Changes in Version 2.28 (1 November 2002)

Changes in Version 3.04 (22 February 2003)

The major change in decNumber version 3 is the replacement of the decSingle and decDouble formats by the three new formats decimal32, decimal64, and decimal128. These formats are now included in an unapproved draft of the proposed IEEE-SA 754 standard. However, they are still subject to change; use at your own risk.

Related and other enhancements include:

Changes in Version 3.09 (23 July 2003)

This version implements some minor changes which track changes agreed by the IEEE 754 revision committee.

Changes in Version 3.12 (1 September 2003)

This version adds a new function and slightly reorganizes the decimalnn modules.

Changes in Version 3.16 (2 October 2003)

Changes in Version 3.19 (21 November 2003)

Changes in Version 3.24 (25 August 2004)

Changes in Version 3.25 (15 June 2005)

Changes in Version 3.32 (12 December 2005)

Changes in Version 3.36 (6 July 2006)


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