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02/11: gnu: mpfi: Edit synopsis & description.


From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Subject: 02/11: gnu: mpfi: Edit synopsis & description.
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:42:32 -0500 (EST)

nckx pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 24a87a14e13cf8edd1693da3e5dcc3d30d21486b
Author: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Jan 19 00:03:05 2018 +0100

    gnu: mpfi: Edit synopsis & description.
    
    * gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm (mpfi)[synopsis, description]: Edit.
    Define several terms.  Use GMP instead of MP for consistency.
---
 gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
index c7d47f5..291b81a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
@@ -141,13 +141,16 @@ It supports arbitrarily high precision and it correctly 
rounds the results.")
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)   ; <mpfi.h> refers to both
                          ("mpfr" ,mpfr)))
-    (synopsis "C library for arbitrary precision interval arithmetic")
-    (description "MPFI is intended to be a portable library written in C for
-arbitrary precision interval arithmetic with intervals represented using MPFR
-reliable floating-point numbers.  It is based on the GNU MP library and on the
-MPFR library.  The purpose of an arbitrary precision interval arithmetic is on
-the one hand to get guaranteed results, thanks to interval computation, and on
-the other hand to obtain accurate results, thanks to multiple precision
-arithmetic.")
+    (synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic")
+    (description
+     "@dfn{MPFI} (Multiple Precision Floating-point Interval) is a portable C
+library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic, with intervals represented
+using MPFR reliable floating-point numbers.  It's based on the @dfn{GMP} (GNU
+Multiple Precision Arithmetic) and address@hidden@dfn{MPFR} (Multiple Precision
+Floating-Point Reliably) libraries.
+
+The purpose of arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic is to get results that
+are both guaranteed, thanks to interval computation, and accurate, thanks to
+multiple-precision arithmetic.")
     (license lgpl2.1+)
     (home-page "https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/nathalie.revol/software.html";)))



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