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authorChristian Theune <ct@flyingcircus.io>2016-01-06T07·41+0100
committerChristian Theune <ct@flyingcircus.io>2016-01-06T07·41+0100
commitb4bda4765af09acb86a4dd71105059491e7dcc30 (patch)
tree813e1cc07afc308fd37cfcb8222901e04ef293ca /doc/manual/release-notes
parent934642155c036ce6880e57854f095f2863ab80f1 (diff)
Update documentation for floats.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml
index aa9a3e101835..fb6e4abfef52 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ features:</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
   <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.