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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-08-10 14:21:49 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-08-10 14:21:49 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/libmpz.tex b/Doc/libmpz.tex index d274a03..46a2d47 100644 --- a/Doc/libmpz.tex +++ b/Doc/libmpz.tex @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{mpz}} \bimodindex{mpz} -This module implements the interface to part of the GNU MP library. -This library contains arbitrary precision integer and rational number -arithmetic routines. Only the interfaces to the \emph{integer} +This is an optional module. It is only available when Python is +configured to include it, which requires that the GNU MP software is +installed. + +This module implements the interface to part of the GNU MP library, +which defines arbitrary precision integer and rational number +arithmetic routines. Only the interfaces to the \emph{integer} (\samp{mpz_{\rm \ldots}}) routines are provided. If not stated otherwise, the description in the GNU MP documentation can be applied. |