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| +About |
| +===== |
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| +_decimal.c is a wrapper for the libmpdec library. libmpdec is a fast C |
| +library for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point |
| +arithmetic. It is a complete implementation of Mike Cowlishaw/IBM's |
| +General Decimal Arithmetic Specification. |
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| + |
| +Build process for the module |
| +============================ |
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| +As usual, the build process for decimal.so is driven by setup.py in the top |
| +level directory. setup.py autodetects the following build configurations: |
| + |
| + 1) x64 - 64-bit Python, x86_64 processor (AMD, Intel) |
| + |
| + 2) uint128 - 64-bit Python, compiler provides __uint128_t (gcc) |
| + |
| + 3) ansi64 - 64-bit Python, ANSI C |
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| + 4) ppro - 32-bit Python, x86 CPU, PentiumPro or later |
| + |
| + 5) ansi32 - 32-bit Python, ANSI C |
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| + 6) ansi-legacy - 32-bit Python, compiler without uint64_t |
| + |
| + 7) universal - Mac OS only (multi-arch) |
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| +It is possible to override autodetection by exporting: |
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| + PYTHON_DECIMAL_WITH_MACHINE=value, where value is one of the above options. |
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| +NOTE |
| +==== |
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| +decimal.so is not built from a static libmpdec.a since doing so led to |
| +failures on AIX (user report) and Windows (mixing static and dynamic CRTs |
| +causes locale problems and more). |
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