2017-02-05 v1.6004 pjacklam

 * Fix typos in POD.

 * Update link in SUPPORT section.

 * Minor improvements to the documentation (POD).

2017-01-11 v1.6003 pjacklam

 * Fix syntax for required version of Math::BigInt::Lib.

 * Better checking of POD coverage.

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999808.

2016-12-03 v1.6002 pjacklam

 * Use ExtUtils::MakeMaker rather than Module::Install in Makefile.PL

 * Don't use Devel::CheckLib. It fails on Windows even in cases where
   this distribution would build just fine.

 * Update BUGS file.

 * Remove author information in LICENSE file.

 * Inform that the TODO file is not up to date.

 * Remove INSTALL file. The information is in the README file.

2016-11-23 v1.6001 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999801.

 * Correct version number in CHANGES file.

2016-11-15 v1.6000 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999800.

 * Update bundled Devel::CheckLib from v1.03 to v1.07.

 * Math::BigInt::GMP is now a subclass of Math::BigInt::Lib, so remove pure
   Perl methods from Math::BigInt::GMP that are implemented in the superclass
   Math::BigInt::Lib. The methods removed are _digit(), _num(), _nok(), and
   _log_int(). The version of _log_int() implemented in Math::BigInt::GMP was
   buggy anyway.

 * Fix _check() so it doesn't give a "use of uninitialized value" warning if
   given an undefined "object".

 * Trim whitespace in all files.

 * Better use of the functionality in Test::More in t/bigintg.t.

2016-04-25 v1.51 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999719.

2016-04-22 v1.50 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999718.

2016-01-03 v1.49 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999714.

2015-12-31 v1.48 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999713.

2015-12-14 v1.47 pjacklam

 * Add patch from Gregor Herrmann (GREGOA) based on code by Dana Jacobsen
   (DANAJ) to fix problems with the new() method when Perl is compiled with
   support for 64-bit integers, but on platforms when the underlying OS is
   32-bit (CPAN RT #71548).

2015-12-03 v1.46 pjacklam

 * Add patch from Dana Jacobsen (DANAJ) and add new test file
   't/mbi-from-big-scalar.t' regarding CPAN RT #103517.

 * Fix spelling in GMP.xs ('modifing' -> 'modifying').

 * Whitespace/formatting in t/bigintg.t to make it more readble (for me, at
   least) and more in accordance with the 'perlstyle' manpage.

2015-11-09 v1.45 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999709.

 * Required version of Test::More is 0.47.

2015-10-29 v1.44 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999707.

 * Update the README file.

 * Remove the files INSTALL and LICENSE as this information is already covered
   in the file README.

 * Replace 'use vars ...' with 'our ...'. We require a Perl newer than 5.6.0
   anyway.

 * Required version of Math-BigInt is now 1.999706.

 * Add 'Test::More' to TEST_REQUIRES in Makefile.PL.

 * Enable 'use warnings'. We require a Perl newer than 5.6.0 anyway.

 * Add 'assertlib.*\.exe' to MANIFEST.SKIP, since make generates temporary
   files like 'assertlibzxjE4WfG.exe' on Cygwin.

2015-09-21 v1.43 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999703.

 * Required version of Math-BigInt is now 1.999703.

 * Update author information.

2015-09-17 v1.42 pjacklam

 * Sync test files with Math-BigInt-1.999702.

 * Required version of Math-BigInt is now 1.999702.

2015-09-11 v1.41 pjacklam

 lib/Math/BigInt/GMP.pm
 * Updated version number.

 Makefile.PL
 * Updated required version of Math::BigInt.

 t/bigfltpm.inc
 * Synced tests with the Math-BigInt distribution.

 t/bigfltpm.t
 * Updated number of tests.

 t/bigintpm.inc
 * Synced tests with the Math-BigInt distribution.

 t/bigintpm.t
 * Updated number of tests.

2015-08-18 v1.40 pjacklam

 CHANGES
 * Add changes for the newest release.
 * Reorder change entries into descending chronological order.

 lib/Devel/CheckLib.pm
 * Update bundled Devel::CheckLib from v1.01 to v1.03.

 Makefile.PL
 * Update required version of Math-BigInt to 1.9994.

 t/01load.t
 * Improve formatting of module version information.

 t/bigfltpm.t
 * Use the correct backend, in this case Math::BigInt::GMP.
 * Skip test specific for the Math::BigInt::Calc backend.

 t/bigintpm.inc
 * Rather than an early exit(), use skip() to skip tests.

 t/bigintpm.t
 * Use the correct backend, in this case Math::BigInt::GMP.

 t/biglog.t
 * Use the correct backend, in this case Math::BigInt::GMP. This was correct
   in v1.21, but has been wrong since then.

 t/bigroot.t
 * Use the correct backend, in this case Math::BigInt::GMP. This was correct
   up until v1.32, but has been wrong since then.

 lib/Math/BigInt/GMP.pm
 * Increment Math::BigInt::GMP version number to 1.40.

2015-08-17 v1.39 pjacklam

 * Updated test files with those from Math-BigInt-1.9997.

2014-04-03 v1.38 pjacklam

 * Updated test files from the Math::BigInt distribution (Peter John Acklam).

 * Updated POD (Peter John Acklam)

 * Updated bundled Devel::CheckLib from v0.93 to v1.01 (Peter John Acklam).

2011-09-04 v1.37 pjacklam

 * Updated test files from the Math::BigInt distribution (Peter John Acklam).

 * Updated bundled Devel::CheckLib from v0.92 to v0.93 (Peter John Acklam).

 * Math::BigInt::GMP now requires Math::BigInt v1.997 (Peter John Acklam).

 * Include "^MYMETA\.(yml|json)\z" in MANIFEST.SKIP. Whereas META.* are
   generated by the distribution author at packaging time, MYMETA.* are
   generated by the end user at configure time after any dynamic dependencies
   are known. (Peter John Acklam)

 * Changed Makefile.PL so that a "make dist" makes a META.yml and META.json.
  (Peter John Acklam)

 * Updated common test files from the Math::BigInt distribution. (Peter John
   Acklam)

2011-02-26 v1.36 pjacklam (6362 tests)

 * Change bigintpm.inc to reflect recent changes in the Math::BigInt
   distribution (Peter John Acklam).

 * Use a _nok() function more similar to the one in Math::BigInt::Calc
  (Peter John Acklam).

2011-02-08 v1.35 pjacklam (6361 tests)

 * Rename files for testing signature, module loading, and POD so the names
   are within the 8+3 character limit (Peter John Acklam).

 * Rename method _nok_ok() to the correct _nok(). There ought to have been a
   test catching an error like that (Peter John Acklam).

 * Fix _nok() giving wrong output when second input argument is zero
  (Peter John Acklam).

 * Fix _nok() so it doesn't modify its second input arg (Peter John Acklam).

 * Update the included Devel::CheckLib to most recent version as suggested in
   RE #63055 (Peter John Acklam).

 * Apply "chmod 0644" to the few test scripts that don't already have that
   mode (Peter John Acklam).

2011-02-07 v1.34 pjacklam (6361 tests)

 * Rename _num() to _str(). The old _num() did exactly what _str() is supposed
   to do, according to the API documentation (Peter John Acklam).

 * Add a _num() function which (currently) simply numifies the output from
   _str() (Peter John Acklam).

 * Clean up whitespace (Peter John Acklam).

 * Fix POD errors (Peter John Acklam).

 * Add _nok() method. Now the old claim that Math::BigInt::GMP conforms to API
   version 2 is actually true (Peter John Acklam).

 * Edit the test files that were copied from the Math::BigInt distribution, so
   we now test Math::BigInt against Math::BigInt::GMP, not Math::BigInt::Calc.
   I had forgotten this when I copied the test files from the Math::BigInt
   distribution. This reduces the total test count, since some test are not
   executed with Math::BigInt::GMP (Peter John Acklam).

 * Replace morse code in 'README' with proper text (Peter John Acklam).

 * Include '01-load.t' for explicitly testing module loading (Peter John
   Acklam).

 * Use more generic code in 'pod.t' and 'pod_cov.t' (Peter John Acklam).

2011-01-30 v1.33 pjacklam (6411 tests)

 * Fix _modinv() so that it works the same way as _modinv() in other
   Math::BigInt libraries: The output arguments are an object and the
   corresponding sign, not undef (Peter John Acklam).

 * Include most recent versions of the test files from the Math-BigInt
   distribution (bigfltpm.inc, bigfltpm.t, bigintpm.inc, bigintpm.t,
   biglog.t, and bigroot.t) (Peter John Acklam).

 * Include generic SIGNATURE test file (Peter John Acklam).

 * Required version of Math::BigInt is now 1.99_05 (Peter John Acklam).

2010-09-23 v1.32 rafl 5559 tests

 * Re-upload 1.31 as a stable release without further changes.

2010-09-21 v1.31 rafl 5559 tests  DEVELOPMENT RELEASE

 * Add hooks for Storable (de-)serialisation.

 * Avoid failure in the destructor if someone blessed nonsense into our class.

2010-09-20 v1.30 rafl 5558 tests

 * Re-upload 1.29 as a stable release without further changes.

2010-09-19 v1.29 rafl 5558 tests  DEVELOPMENT RELEASE

 * Attempt to fix a bug in the bundled version Devel::CheckLib.
   It used to ignore @Config{qw(ccflags ldflags)} and only tried to look for
   headers and libraries with the compiler's default include- and lib-paths as
   well as those explicitly asked for by the user.

2010-09-17 v1.28 rafl 5558 tests

 * Re-upload 1.27 without further changes as a stable release.

2010-09-15 v1.27 rafl 5558 tests  DEVELOPMENT RELEASE

 * Try to support perls older than 5.8.8 again.
   Tested with 5.8.7 and 5.6.2.

2010-09-14 v1.26 rafl 5558 tests  DEVELOPMENT RELEASE

 * Error out early if libgmp or gmp.h are missing.

 * Clone Math::BigInt::GMP instances on thread cloning.
   This should make the module threadsafe.

2010-09-10 v1.25 rafl 5536 tests

 * Fix tests with Math::BigInt >= 1.90 and depend on it.

2007-07-31 v1.24 Tels 5530 tests

 * apply patch for warnings about ptr size mismatch under Cygwin (thanx
   Reini Urban!)

 * make it work under 5.6.x again by defining SvUOK() (Thanx Marcus
   Holland-Moritz and Reini Urban!)

2007-07-25 v1.23 Tels 5527 tests

 * require Math::BigInt 1.87

 * fix for _new() (appeared under Cygwin, but possible others, thanx
   Linda W. (report) and Reini Urban (patch)!)

2007-06-01 v1.22 Tels 5527 tests

 * require Math::BigInt 1.86

 * support api_version() 2 by adding _nok()

 * fix compilation issues on Mac/Darwin

 * _log_int() modifies it's argument instead of just returning a
   different object as result

 * speed up _log_int() greatly by taking a guess of the result
   and then improve it, instead of startig with 1 and going up. This means
   it takes now a more or less constant time, instead of a time proportional
   to the size/value of the result:

Using Math::BigInt::GMP v1.21
 baselen 2:     3s (3.22 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.22 CPU) @ 7270/s (n=23411)
 baselen 2 big: 3s (3.11 usr +  0.06 sys =  3.17 CPU) @  962/s (n=3051)
 baselen 3:     3s (3.20 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.20 CPU) @ 1304/s (n=4173)
 baselen 7:     3s (3.20 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.20 CPU) @ 3306/s (n=10582)
 baselen 8:     3s (3.14 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.14 CPU) @ 3769/s (n=11836)
 baselen 11:    3s (3.24 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.24 CPU) @ 4750/s (n=15392)
 baselen 14:    3s (3.20 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.20 CPU) @ 5835/s (n=18673)
 baselen 20:    3s (3.10 usr +  0.03 sys =  3.13 CPU) @ 7621/s (n=23855)
 baselen 3 big: 4s (3.17 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.17 CPU) @  320/s (n=1016)

Using Math::BigInt::GMP v1.22
 baselen 2:     3s (3.15 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.15 CPU) @ 16290/s (n=51316)
 baselen 2 big: 4s (3.21 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.22 CPU) @ 15933/s (n=51306)
 baselen 3:     4s (3.12 usr +  0.02 sys =  3.14 CPU) @ 15555/s (n=48844)
 baselen 7:     4s (3.15 usr +  0.07 sys =  3.22 CPU) @ 15658/s (n=50420)
 baselen 8:     3s (3.18 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.19 CPU) @ 15610/s (n=49797)
 baselen 11:    3s (3.14 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.14 CPU) @ 15555/s (n=48844)
 baselen 14:    3s (3.15 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.15 CPU) @ 15506/s (n=48844)
 baselen 20:    3s (3.14 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.15 CPU) @ 15506/s (n=48844)
 baselen 3 big: 3s (3.10 usr +  0.04 sys =  3.14 CPU) @ 15555/s (n=48844)

2007-04-17 v1.21 Tels 5488 tests

 * add _as_oct(), _from_oct(), _alen(), _1ex() and some _root() tests

 * require Math::BigInt 1.83

 * support api_version() by adding _1ex() and _alen()

 * _new(): take a shortcut if the passed an IV (integer value)

2007-04-09 v1.20 Tels 5351 tests

 * remove PREREQ_FATAL because the toolchain is broken and cannot handle it

 * take over tests from MBI 1.82 and require it

 * require Perl 5.6.2 as minimum

 * speed up _zeros():
   + use Newx() instead of a full-blown SV for temp storage
   + no need to allocate temp storage for numbers < 10

 * put _len() into XS code, making $x->length() faster (about 30% for "123",
   less for longer numbers as the binary=>decimal conversion dominates)

 * add POD tests

 * add MANIFEST.SKIP

2007-01-27 v1.19 Tels 5339 tests

 * add support for octal

 * take over tests from MBI 1.78 and require it

2005-04-11 v1.18 Tels 5186 tests

 * _log_int() handles now plain scalars as $base parameter

 * take over tests from MBI 1.76, require it

2005-01-01 v1.17 Tels 5182 tests

 * use XSLoader instead of DynaLoader to save a tiny amount of memory

 * take over tests from Math::BigInt v1.74

 * require Math::BigInt v1.74

 * simplify sub code in XS (left-over artifact from v1.16)

 * fix a leak in _zeros()

 * _zeros() is now much faster for odd numbers (O(1) vs. O(N*N))

2004-12-09 v1.16 Tels 5112 tests

 * fixed a leak in _div() (Thanx Tassilo v. Parsival!)

 * put _div() into XS, making division slightly faster for small numbers

 * put leak.pl and leaktest into MANIFEST for later checking

2004-11-22 v1.15 Tels 5112 tests

 * some small cleanups in the Perl code

 * changed "class" to "Class" to avoid the reserved keyword for MS compiler

 * do not pull unused parameter "Class" from stack - avoid compiler warnings

 * put _sub() into XS for more speed and smaller memory footprint

 * testsuite from MBI v1.73

2004-02-15 v1.14 Tels 4867 tests

 * require BigInt v1.70, use tests from it and make API compatible with it

 * _rsft() and _lsft() modify their argument instead of making a copy,
   meaning brsft() and blsft() got about 20% faster in BigInt

 * added a working _zeros() method

 * added a working _log_int() method

2004-01-10 v1.13 Tels 4759 tests

 * tests from BigInt v1.68

 * removed DESTROY from GMP.pm and made GMP.xs destroy => DESTROY

 * removed _num from GMP.pm and made GMP.xs __stringify => _num

 * removed _modinv() from GMP.pm and fixed up _modinv in GMP.xs

 * disabled the borken _log_int() from the XS code

 * modify $x in place for _dec, _inc, _add, _mod, _mul, _fac, _and, _or,
   _xor, _sqrt, _root and _sub (sub in non-reversed form), this removes some
   malloc/free and makes these ops slightly faster
   (between 10 and 33% in Math::BigInt (!), depending on input and size)

2003-12-11 v1.12 Tels 4677 tests

 * testsuite from v1.67, especialy revamped bigintg.t

 * fixed prereq to require BigInt v1.67

 * added _log_int() to XS code

 * some routines did only return the result, but not modify $x in place

2003-07-04 v1.12b Tels 4491 tests (not released)

 * testsuite from v1.65

 * fixed prereq to require BigInt v1.65

2003-01-08 v1.12a Tels 4109 tests (not released)

 * removed unused function _mmod from XS code

 * removed unnecc. if len == 0 check in _as_bin(), _as_hex() etc

 * replace some RETVAL = malloc() lines with defined to make changing them
   later much easier

2003-01-01 v1.11 Tels 4109 tests

 * rewrote stringify_bin() and stringify_hex() to not allocate scratch buffers
   Faster, no longer needs malloc()/free() and strlen().
   Thanx to Sysiphus for pointing this out.

 * removed _as_hex() and _as_bin() from GMP.pm and moved the logic to GMP.xs

 * documented in todo to replace all malloc()/free() with New and Safefree()

 * removed unused cmp_two() function in GMP.xs

 * removed the unused "$zero = ..."/"$one = ..." in GMP.pm

2002-12-24 v1.10 Tels 4109 tests

 * Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

 * cut out more dead wood from GMP.xs, GMP.so file shrunk a bit

 * added some comments in GMP.xs

 * fixed PREREQ to BigInt v1.64 since v1.65 is not yet out *sigh*

 * more functions like _is_odd()/_is_even()/_acmp() directly in XS - cut away
   perl layer subroutines for more speed (about 10-30% more ops/s for small
   argument or constant cases or other cases where the overhead is greater
   than the actual math operation itself)

 * __stringify() no longer malloc()s a temp. storage => faster

 * added _root(), _lsft() and_rsft() functions for great speedups

 * Running the benchmark script above (adopted a bit) on the same 1 Ghz AMD
   under BigInt v1.64:
   Benchmark: running div_l, mod_l, mod_s for at least 3 CPU seconds...
    div_l:  3s ( 3.20 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.20 CPU) @ 4655.00/s (n=14896)
    mod_l:  4s ( 3.31 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.31 CPU) @ 6851.96/s (n=22680)
    mod_s:  3s ( 3.01 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.01 CPU) @ 7088.37/s (n=21336)

 * Full (memory and other) benchmarks at http://bloodgate.com/perl/bigint/

2002-12-15 v1.10a Tels Never released

 * no longer needs Math::GMP (and Carp), but uses own XS layer

 * is thus faster (saves one perl subroutine layer) and less memory hungry
   (it now uses even less memory than using Calc!)
   new XS lets us cut out a subroutine layer

 * new XS will enable us to implement *all* missing functions like _root(),
   _as_hex(), _as_bin() and _rsft(), _lsft()

 * fixed PREREQ to BigInt v1.65

 * extended tests in bigintg.t to cover more functions

2002-12-12 v1.08 Tels 4069 tests (never released)

 * added implementation of bmodpow() using GMPs mpow_gmp()

 * release signed by key http://bloodgate.com/tels.asc id 93B84C15

2002-07-07 v1.07 Tels

 * testsuite from BigInt v1.60 - 4054 tests

 * fixed PREREQUISITES to BigInt v1.60

2002-03-23 v1.06 Tels

 * testsuite from v1.55 - 3874 tests

 * fixed PREREQUISITES to Math::GMP v2.03, BigInt v1.55

 * fixed typos in CHANGES

 * added _from_bin()

2002-02-16 v1.05 Tels

 * tests from Math::BigInt v1.51

 * replaced _core_lib() by config()->{lib}

 * added _and, _or, _xor (using Math::GMP internal methods)

 * switched _fac over to use Math::GMP gmp_fac()

 * added _sqrt() using gmp_sqrt()

 * used div_two and bdiv_two for _div()

 * tests for _div() in list context and _mod

 * added _from_hex()

 The speedups in band(), bxor(), bior() and bfac() are at least factor 10 for
 small numbers and quickly raise as the numbers grow ;)
 The speedup for bmod() and bdiv() aren't that dramatic, but still worth it.

2002-01-26 v1.04 Tels

 * use $zero,$one,$two etc instead of 0,1,2 in some routines

 * tests from Math::BigInt v1.50

 * bypass Math::GMP's overload interface and use Math::GMP::gmp_foo() directly

 * added _gcd() and _fac() for more speed in bgcd() and bfac(), respectively

2001-11-01 v1.04a Tels (never released)

 * _is_odd()/_is_even() use $two instead of 2: 5600 op/s instead of 4700

2001-11-01 v1.03 Tels

 * taken over tests from BigInt v1.45

 * added _mod() for more speed for $x % $y

      #!/usr/bin/perl -w
      use lib 'lib';
      #use lib '../Math-BigInt-GMP-1.02/lib';
      use Math::BigInt lib => 'GMP';
      use Benchmark;
      my $digits = 1024;
      my $x = Math::BigInt->new('1' . '0' x $digits);
      my $y = Math::BigInt->new('3' . '0' x ($digits - 2) . '3');
      my $u = Math::BigInt->new('3');
      timethese ( 2000,
        {
        mod_l => sub { $z = $x % $y, },
        mod_s => sub { $z = $x % $u, },
        div_l => sub { ($z,$r) = $x->copy()->bdiv($y), },
        } );

      On a 1 Ghz Athlon with v1.45 of BigInt in ops/s:
              v1.02   v1.03
      mod_s    1100    2350
      mod_l    1111    2325
      div_l    1260    1300

2001-09-02 v1.02 Tels

 * removed auto-export and added empty import()

 * taken over tests from BigInt v1.42

2001-08-06 v1.01 Tels

 * first release

 * fixed all the bugs in v1.00

 * taken over tests from BigInt v1.40

2001-07-22 v1.00 Tels

 * First version (basically working with some quirks)

Please send me test-reports, your experiences with this and your ideas - I love
to hear about my work!

Tels <http://bloodgate.com/>
