In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/55ba8847e40d5ffd7139011e723eed5623e271a3?hp=5cfa0642e558c8f454036404eb757b77e68f8f45>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 55ba8847e40d5ffd7139011e723eed5623e271a3 Author: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[email protected]> Date: Fri Sep 19 21:00:02 2014 -0400 perldelta: quadmath ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 059273a..4b4fcfe 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -450,6 +450,13 @@ constants; e.g., C<-Inf>. =back +=head1 Configuration and Compilation + +For long doubles (to get more precision and range for floating point +numbers) one can now use the GCC quadmath library which implements +the quadruple precision floating point numbers in x86 and ia64 platforms. +See INSTALL for details. + =head1 Testing =over 4 -- Perl5 Master Repository
