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| author | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2021-09-28 20:40:57 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-09-28 20:40:57 (GMT) |
| commit | 4f05f15d7b25ef8b690cb94fdc4c8cb5521a4e27 (patch) | |
| tree | da653177934ecf5a2dc4a6c5efa3e25452ead2b7 /Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst | |
| parent | 0c50b8c0b8274d54d6b71ed7bd21057d3642f138 (diff) | |
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[docs] Improve the markup of powers (GH-28598)
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst index 919fbee..f1e6d0c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst @@ -474,12 +474,12 @@ Build and C API Changes Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include: -* Integers are now stored internally either in base 2**15 or in base - 2**30, the base being determined at build time. Previously, they - were always stored in base 2**15. Using base 2**30 gives +* Integers are now stored internally either in base ``2**15`` or in base + ``2**30``, the base being determined at build time. Previously, they + were always stored in base ``2**15``. Using base ``2**30`` gives significant performance improvements on 64-bit machines, but benchmark results on 32-bit machines have been mixed. Therefore, - the default is to use base 2**30 on 64-bit machines and base 2**15 + the default is to use base ``2**30`` on 64-bit machines and base ``2**15`` on 32-bit machines; on Unix, there's a new configure option ``--enable-big-digits`` that can be used to override this default. |