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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2016-02-12T11·49+0100
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2016-02-12T11·49+0100
commitb3e8d72770b4100843c60b35633e529e6e69d543 (patch)
treef50070c3c31dd862b837bb514a9e0b10e68216a1 /doc/manual/release-notes
parentae4a3cfa030438ca05ad3bf61fa301dee6c1dbb5 (diff)
parent5cdcaf5e8edd6679f667502eec421ac4e725d4ef (diff)
Merge pull request #762 from ctheune/ctheune-floats
Implement floats
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@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ $ diffoscope /nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8 /nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zl
   </listitem>
 
   <listitem>
+    <para>The Nix language now supports floating point numbers. They are
+    based on regular C++ <literal>float</literal> and compatible with
+    existing integers and number-related operations. Export and import to and
+    from JSON and XML works, too.
+  </para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
     <para>All "chroot"-containing strings got renamed to "sandbox".
       In particular, some Nix options got renamed, but the old names
       are still accepted as lower-priority aliases.