The source code for this implementation is available from:

• the International Components for Unicode decNumber package
• the IBM alphaWorks decNumber page
• the open source GCC repository.

Contents:

• Overview – introduction and background
• User’s Guide – examples, etc.
  1. Simple addition
  2. Compound interest
  3. Passive error handling
  4. Active error handling
  5. Compressed format numbers
  6. Packed Decimal numbers
• Modules
  1. decContext – context settings
  2. decNumber – core operations
  3. decimal64, etc. – compressed formats
  4. decPacked – packed decimals
• Additional Options – tuning and testing parameters
• Appendix – changes list