MPFR 2.1.0

[Patrick Pelissier]

MPFR 2.1.0 is now available for download from MPFR web server.
Thanks very much to those who tested the two release candidates.

The release is available for download here:
<http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/>
MD5: 9174f5e0cd43f2253b5779743368c8f2  mpfr-2.1.0.tar.gz

Changes from the RC2 to the FinalRelease:
- Error message from configure changed.

Changes from the RC1 to the RC2:
- Bug fixes.
- Various corrections in the documentation.
- mpfr_set_str doesn't allow anymore "@NAN at garbagechar" and
  "@INF at garbagechar", allows base 0 (detection of the base),
  prefix (0x, 0b), leading whitespace.

Changes from version 2.0.3 to version 2.1.0:
- Bug fixes.
- new functions mpfr_strtofr, mpfr_set_uj, mpfr_set_sj, mpfr_set_ui_2exp,
  mpfr_set_si_2exp, mpfr_set_sj_2exp, mpfr_set_uj_2exp, mpfr_get_uj,
  mpfr_get_sj, mpfr_get_z, mpfr_free_str, mpfr_si_sub, mpfr_sub_si,
  mpfr_mul_si, mpfr_si_div, mpfr_div_si, mpfr_sqr, mpfr_cmp_z, mpfr_cmp_q,
  mpfr_zero_p, mpfr_free_cache, mpfr_sum, mpfr_get_version,
  mpfr_get_default_rounding_mode, mpfr_get_emin_min, mpfr_get_emin_max,
  mpfr_get_emax_min, mpfr_get_emax_max, mpfr_inits, mpfr_inits2, mpfr_clears,
  mpfr_fits_intmax_p, mpfr_fits_uintmax_p, mpfr_clear_erangeflag,
  mpfr_erangeflag_p, mpfr_rint_round, mpfr_rint_trunc, mpfr_rint_ceil,
  mpfr_rint_floor.
- new macros MPFR_DECL_INIT, MPFR_VERSION, MPFR_VERSION_NUM,
  MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR, MPFR_VERSION_MINOR, MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL.
- improved documentation.
- improved configure.
- improved portability (library and test suite).
- It should handle correctly non IEEE-754 double.
- GMP internal files are not needed to install MPFR.
- It is faster with low-precision floatting point.
- New global flag: ERANGE_FLAG.
- Binary incompatible with previous versions, but API compatible.
- mpfr_set_str doesn't allow anymore "@NAN at garbagechar" and "@INF at garbagechar",
  allows base 0 (detection of the base), prefix (0x, 0b), leading whitespace.

Please send any reports to <mpfr at loria.fr>.

Note 1: MPFR still assumes that the IEEE-754 standard is supported
concerning the infinities and NaN for the "MPFR number -> double"
conversion. If exceptions are generated by the compiler, some tests
may fail. This could not be fixed yet.

Note 2: We could still release MPFR 2.1.1 shortly after this, including
patches for MSVC (and another patch for the Zaurus that is already in
the trunk, but untested on many platforms).

Note 3: You can also get the Debian package for MPFR 2.1.0.
<http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libdevel/libmpfr-dev>