guile/guile-core NEWS

[Mikael Djurfeldt]

CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    guile
Changes by:     Mikael Djurfeldt <address@hidden>       01/09/22 17:38:52

Modified files:
        guile-core     : NEWS 

Log message:
        * Makefile.am: Distribute num2float.i.c.
        
        * num2float.i.c: New file, multiply included by numbers.c, used
        to "templatize" the float <-> num conversion routines.
        
        * numbers.c: New functions: scm_num2float, scm_float2num,
        scm_num2double, scm_double2num.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/NEWS.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.321&tr2=1.322&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: guile/guile-core/NEWS
diff -u guile/guile-core/NEWS:1.321 guile/guile-core/NEWS:1.322
--- guile/guile-core/NEWS:1.321 Fri Sep 21 13:58:04 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/NEWS       Sat Sep 22 17:38:52 2001
@@ -1208,6 +1208,12 @@
 types and Scheme numbers.  NOTE: The scm_num2xxx functions don't
 accept an inexact argument.
 
+** New functions: scm_float2num, scm_double2num,
+   scm_num2float, scm_num2double.
+
+These are conversion functions between the two ANSI C float types and
+Scheme numbers.
+
 ** New number validation macros:
    SCM_NUM2{SIZE,PTRDIFF,SHORT,USHORT,INT,UINT}[_DEF]