svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r9749 - in trunk: . dynamic-docs/changelog refman-6.0

[paul]

Author: paul
Date: 2008-02-08 18:01:51 +0100 (Fri, 08 Feb 2008)
New Revision: 9749

Log:
 r29021@frost:  paul | 2008-02-08 10:58:34 -0600
 Initial Changelog/Upgrade note for inclusion of dtoa library for
 string/double conversion. May require some revision.


Modified:
   trunk/dynamic-docs/changelog/mysqld-1.xml
   trunk/refman-6.0/installing-core.xml

Property changes on: trunk
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Name: svk:merge
   - 4767c598-dc10-0410-bea0-d01b485662eb:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:34985
7d8d2c4e-af1d-0410-ab9f-b038ce55645b:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc:29013
b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:14218
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:29033
   + 4767c598-dc10-0410-bea0-d01b485662eb:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:34985
7d8d2c4e-af1d-0410-ab9f-b038ce55645b:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc:29021
b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:14218
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:29033


Modified: trunk/dynamic-docs/changelog/mysqld-1.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/dynamic-docs/changelog/mysqld-1.xml	2008-02-08 16:44:06 UTC (rev 9748)
+++ trunk/dynamic-docs/changelog/mysqld-1.xml	2008-02-08 17:01:51 UTC (rev 9749)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 65, Lines Deleted: 0; 1989 bytes

@@ -7830,4 +7830,69 @@
 
   </logentry>
 
+  <logentry entrytype="feature">
+
+    <tags>
+      <highlight type="incompatiblechange"/>
+      <manual type="type conversion"/>
+    </tags>
+
+    <bugs>
+      <seealsobug bugid="12860"/>
+      <seealsobug bugid="21497"/>
+      <seealsobug bugid="26788"/>
+      <seealsobug bugid="24541"/>
+    </bugs>
+
+    <versions>
+      <version ver="6.0.5"/>
+    </versions>
+
+    <message>
+
+      <para>
+        The server now includes <literal>dtoa</literal>, a library for
+        conversion between strings and numbers by David M. Gay. In
+        MySQL, this library provides the basis for improved conversion
+        between strings and approximate-value (float/double) numbers:
+      </para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Consistent conversion results across platforms, which
+            eliminates, for example, Unix versus Windows conversion
+            differences.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Accurate representation of values in cases where results
+            previously did not provide sufficient precision, such as for
+            values close to IEEE limits.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Conversion of numbers to string format with a desired
+            precision.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>
+        Because the conversions produced by this library differ in some
+        cases from previous results, the potential exists for
+        incompatibilities in applications that rely on previous
+        results.
+      </para>
+
+    </message>
+
+  </logentry>
+
 </changelog>


Modified: trunk/refman-6.0/installing-core.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-6.0/installing-core.xml	2008-02-08 16:44:06 UTC (rev 9748)
+++ trunk/refman-6.0/installing-core.xml	2008-02-08 17:01:51 UTC (rev 9749)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 45, Lines Deleted: 0; 2054 bytes

@@ -12357,6 +12357,51 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
+            <emphasis role="bold">Incompatible change</emphasis>: As of
+            MySQL 6.0.5, the server includes <literal>dtoa</literal>, a
+            library for conversion between strings and numbers by David
+            M. Gay. In MySQL, this library provides the basis for
+            improved conversion between strings and approximate-value
+            (float/double) numbers:
+          </para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                Consistent conversion results across platforms, which
+                eliminates, for example, Unix versus Windows conversion
+                differences.
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                Accurate representation of values in cases where results
+                previously did not provide sufficient precision, such as
+                for values close to IEEE limits.
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                Conversion of numbers to string format with a desired
+                precision.
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+
+          </itemizedlist>
+
+          <para>
+            Because the conversions produced by this library differ in
+            some cases from previous results, the potential exists for
+            incompatibilities in applications that rely on previous
+            results.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
             <emphasis role="bold">Incompatible change:</emphasis> As of
             MySQL 6.0.4, the Unicode implementation has been extended to
             provide support for supplementary characters that lie