MPFR 2.1.0 Release candidate 2

[Vincent Lefevre]

The release of MPFR 2.1.0 is (still) imminent. Thanks very much to
those who tested the first release candidate. You can download the
second release candidate here:

  http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-2.1.0/mpfr-2.1.0-rc2.tar.gz

MD5: d17b25e4aff480d11689d940e5991625  mpfr-2.1.0-rc2.tar.gz

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 handles 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 success and failure 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: There have been network problems at Loria (where the MPFR web
site is hosted) during the last few weeks. Sorry about that. In case
the above link does not work, the RC2 is also available here:

  http://www.vinc17.org/download/mpfr-2.1.0-rc2.tar.gz

Regards,

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