[Boost-commit] svn:boost r71273 - trunk/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist

Subject: [Boost-commit] svn:boost r71273 - trunk/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist
From: pbristow_at_[hidden]
Date: 2011-04-15 09:52:44

Author: pbristow
Date: 2011-04-15 09:52:44 EDT (Fri, 15 Apr 2011)
New Revision: 71273
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/71273

Log:
Added credits for nonfinite facets.
Text files modified: 
   trunk/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/credits.qbk |    16 ++++++++++++++--                        
   1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Modified: trunk/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/credits.qbk
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--- trunk/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/credits.qbk	(original)
+++ trunk/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/credits.qbk	2011-04-15 09:52:44 EDT (Fri, 15 Apr 2011)
@@ -22,8 +22,20 @@
 
 Bruno Lalande submitted the "compile time power of a runtime base" code.
 
-Johan R'''å'''de wrote the optimised floating point classification
-code.
+Johan R'''å'''de wrote the optimised floating-point classification
+and manipulation code, and nonfinite facets to permit C99 output of infinities and NaNs.
+(nonfinite facets were not added until Boost 1.47 but had been in use with Boost.Spirit).
+This library was based on a suggestion from Robert Ramey, author of Boost.Serialization.
+Paul A. Bristow expressed the need for better handling of 
+[@http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n2022.pdf
+Input & Output of NaN and infinity for the C++ Standard Library]
+and suggested following the C99 format.
+
+H'''å'''kan Ard'''ö''',
+Boris Gubenko, John Maddock,
+Markus Sch'''ö'''pflin
+and Olivier Verdier tested the floating-point library and 
+Martin Bonner, Peter Dimov and John Maddock provided valuable advice. 
 
 Gautam Sewani coded the logistic distribution as part of a Google Summer of Code project 2008.