RubyGems - long-decimal - Versions diffs - 0.00.15 → 0.00.16 - Mend

long-decimal 0.00.15 → 0.00.16

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data/README CHANGED Viewed

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Version
 -------
-This version ($Name: PRE_ALPHA_0_15 $) is functionally almost identical with the
-previous pre-alpha-0.14, but some tests have been added and some minor
-bugs have been fixed and some missing rdoc-comments have been
-supplied.
+This version ($Name: PRE_ALPHA_0_16 $) is functionally almost identical with the
+previous pre-alpha-0.15.  A common base class LongDecimalBase for
+LongDecimal and LongDecimalQuot has been added and some methods which
+happen to be identical have been moved to this class.  Some tests have
+been added, but no bugs have been detected.  Some comments have been
+provided or improved.
 It could be observed that gem-installation, as described below, fails
 on Windows 2000 with ruby 1.8.2, but works on Linux with ruby 1.8.4
@@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ Beyond this restriction there are no known bugs and this version can
 be considered complete in terms of functionality.  This version is
 still a pre-alpha-version, but it is expected to move it to alpha
 within the next weeks, after having added some more tests and having
-fixed potential bugs that these tests might reveal.
+fixed potential bugs that these tests might reveal.  I do not expect
+the first alpha version to be much different from this version.
 Install
 -------

data/VERSION CHANGED Viewed

	@@ -1 +1 @@
1	- 0.00.15
1	+ 0.00.16

data/doc/classes/{LongMath/LongDecimal.html → LongDecimal.html} RENAMED Viewed

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
-  <title>Class: LongMath::LongDecimal</title>
+  <title>Class: LongDecimal</title>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" />
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="../.././rdoc-style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href=".././rdoc-style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
   <script type="text/javascript">
   // <![CDATA[
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
         <table class="header-table">
         <tr class="top-aligned-row">
           <td><strong>Class</strong></td>
-          <td class="class-name-in-header">LongMath::LongDecimal</td>
+          <td class="class-name-in-header">LongDecimal</td>
         </tr>
         <tr class="top-aligned-row">
             <td><strong>In:</strong></td>
             <td>
-                <a href="../../files/lib/long-decimal_rb.html">
+                <a href="../files/lib/long-decimal_rb.html">
                 lib/long-decimal.rb
                 </a>
         <br />
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
         <tr class="top-aligned-row">
             <td><strong>Parent:</strong></td>
             <td>
-                <a href="Numeric.html">
-                Numeric
+                <a href="LongDecimalBase.html">
+                LongDecimalBase
                </a>
             </td>
         </tr>
@@ -81,13 +81,16 @@
   <div id="contextContent">
     <div id="diagram">
       <map id="map" name="map">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="40,6,195,54"      href="../LongDecimalRoundingMode.html" alt="LongDecimalRoundingMode">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="27,198,141,246"      href="LongDecimalQuot.html" alt="LongDecimalQuot">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="165,198,259,246"      href="LongDecimal.html" alt="LongDecimal">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="181,102,253,150"      href="Numeric.html" alt="Numeric">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="16,68,269,256"      href="../LongMath.html" alt="LongMath">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="68,197,186,245"      href="LongDecimalBase.html" alt="LongDecimalBase">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="163,5,243,53"      href="Comparable.html" alt="Comparable">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="139,101,267,149"      href="LongDecimalRoundingMode/RoundingModeClass.html" alt="RoundingModeClass">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="6,293,120,341"      href="LongDecimalQuot.html" alt="LongDecimalQuot">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="144,293,238,341"      href="LongDecimal.html" alt="LongDecimal">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="43,101,115,149"      href="Numeric.html" alt="Numeric">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="246,187,339,233"      href="LongMath.html" alt="LongMath">
+  <area shape="RECT" coords="128,68,304,160"      href="LongDecimalRoundingMode.html" alt="LongDecimalRoundingMode">
 </map>
-<img src="../../dot/m_0_0.png" usemap="#map" border=0 alt="Module: LongMath">
+<img src="../dot/f_0.png" usemap="#map" border=0 alt="TopLevel">
     </div>
     <div id="description">
@@ -106,80 +109,72 @@ position of the decimal point.
       <h3 class="section-bar">Methods</h3>
       <div class="name-list">
-      <a href="#M000102">%</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000103">&amp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000095">*</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000100">**</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000093">+</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000091">+@</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000094">-</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000092">-@</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000099">/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000107">&lt;&lt;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000121">&lt;=&gt;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000129">==</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000108">&gt;&gt;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000109">[]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000105">^</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000119">abs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000120">abs2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000082">anti_equalize_scale</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000124">coerce</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000087">dec</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000089">dec!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000078">denominator</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000096">divide</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000097">divide_s</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000101">divmod</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000081">equalize_scale</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000132">hash</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000086">inc</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000088">inc!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000133">inspect</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000080">int_digits10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000079">int_digits2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000118">inverse</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000125">is_int?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000065">minus_one!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000111">move_point_left</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000113">move_point_left_int</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000112">move_point_right</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000114">move_point_right_int</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000067">new</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000060">new!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000084">next</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000062">one!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000131">one?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000066">power_of_ten!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000085">pred</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000098">rdiv</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000117">reciprocal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000069">round_to_scale</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000068">scale=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000123">scale_equal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000122">scale_ufo</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000126">sgn</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000128">sign</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000127">signum</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000110">size</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000116">sqrt</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000115">square</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000083">succ</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000064">ten!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000077">to_bd</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000074">to_f</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000075">to_i</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000076">to_ld</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000073">to_r</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000070">to_s</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000071">to_s_10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000072">to_s_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000063">two!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000090">unit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000061">zero!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000130">zero?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000104">|</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000106">~</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000072">%</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000073">&amp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000065">*</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000070">**</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000063">+</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000064">-</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000062">-@</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000069">/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000077">&lt;&lt;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000094">==</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000095">===</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000078">&gt;&gt;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000079">[]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000075">^</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000088">abs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000055">anti_equalize_scale</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000089">coerce</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000060">dec!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000051">denominator</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000066">divide</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000067">divide_s</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000071">divmod</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000054">equalize_scale</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000098">hash</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000059">inc!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000099">inspect</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000053">int_digits10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000052">int_digits2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000090">is_int?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000039">minus_one!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000081">move_point_left</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000083">move_point_left_int</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000082">move_point_right</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000084">move_point_right_int</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000041">new</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000034">new!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000057">next</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000036">one!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000097">one?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000040">power_of_ten!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000058">pred</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000068">rdiv</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000043">round_to_scale</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000042">scale=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000091">sgn</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000093">sign</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000092">signum</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000080">size</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000086">sqrt</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000087">sqrt_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000085">square</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000056">succ</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000038">ten!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000050">to_bd</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000047">to_f</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000048">to_i</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000049">to_ld</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000044">to_s</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000045">to_s_10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000046">to_s_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000037">two!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000061">unit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000035">zero!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000096">zero?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000074">|</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000076">~</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -187,13 +182,6 @@ position of the decimal point.
     <!-- if includes -->
-    <div id="includes">
-      <h3 class="section-bar">Included Modules</h3>
-      <div id="includes-list">
-        <span class="include-name"><a href="../LongDecimalRoundingMode.html">LongDecimalRoundingMode</a></span>
-      </div>
-    </div>
     <div id="section">
@@ -249,12 +237,12 @@ does not occur in case of Rational
     <div id="methods">
       <h3 class="section-bar">Public Class methods</h3>
-      <div id="method-M000065" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000065"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000039" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000039"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000065.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000065.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000039.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000039.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">minus_one!</span><span class="method-args">(s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -267,12 +255,12 @@ with the given number of digits after the decimal point (scale=s)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000067" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000067"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000041" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000041"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000067.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000067.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000041.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000041.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">new</span><span class="method-args">(x, s)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -280,19 +268,19 @@ with the given number of digits after the decimal point (scale=s)
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
 initialization parameters: <a
-href="LongDecimal.html#M000067">LongDecimal.new</a>(x, s) where x is a
+href="LongDecimal.html#M000041">LongDecimal.new</a>(x, s) where x is a
 string or a number and s is the scale the resulting <a
 href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> holds the number x / 10**s
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000060" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000060"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000034" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000034"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000060.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000060.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000034.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000034.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">new!</span><span class="method-args">(x, s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -302,12 +290,12 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> holds the number x / 10**s
 initialization parameters:
 </p>
 <ol>
-<li><a href="LongDecimal.html#M000067">LongDecimal.new</a>!(x) where x is a
+<li><a href="LongDecimal.html#M000041">LongDecimal.new</a>!(x) where x is a
 string or a number the resulting <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>
 holds the number x, possibly rounded
 </li>
-<li><a href="LongDecimal.html#M000067">LongDecimal.new</a>!(x, s) where x is a
+<li><a href="LongDecimal.html#M000041">LongDecimal.new</a>!(x, s) where x is a
 string or a number and s is the scale the resulting <a
 href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> holds the number x / 10**s
@@ -316,12 +304,12 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> holds the number x / 10**s
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000062" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000062"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000036" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000036"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000062.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000062.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000036.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000036.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">one!</span><span class="method-args">(s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -334,12 +322,12 @@ the given number of digits after the decimal point (scale=s)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000066" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000066"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000040" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000040"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000066.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000066.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000040.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000040.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">power_of_ten!</span><span class="method-args">(e, s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -353,12 +341,12 @@ the decimal point (scale=s)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000064" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000064"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000038" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000038"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000064.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000064.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000038.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000038.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">ten!</span><span class="method-args">(s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -371,12 +359,12 @@ the given number of digits after the decimal point (scale=s)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000063" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000063"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000037" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000037"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000063.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000063.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000037.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000037.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">two!</span><span class="method-args">(s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -389,12 +377,12 @@ the given number of digits after the decimal point (scale=s)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000061" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000061"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000035" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000035"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000061.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000061.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000035.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000035.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">zero!</span><span class="method-args">(s = 0)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -409,12 +397,12 @@ the given number of digits after the decimal point (scale=s)
       <h3 class="section-bar">Public Instance methods</h3>
-      <div id="method-M000102" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000102"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000072" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000072"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000102.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000102.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000072.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000072.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">%</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -426,12 +414,12 @@ remainder of integer division by other
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000103" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000103"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000073" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000073"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000103.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000103.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000073.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000073.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">&amp;</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -443,12 +431,12 @@ performs bitwise AND between self and other
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000095" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000095"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000065" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000065"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000095.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000095.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000065.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000065.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">*</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -465,12 +453,12 @@ multiplication of Complex, Float or LongRationalQuot is used
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000100" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000100"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000070" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000070"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000100.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000100.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000070.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000070.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">**</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -490,12 +478,12 @@ Float as power.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000093" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000093"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000063" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000063"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000093.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000093.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000063.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000063.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">+</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -512,29 +500,12 @@ call addition of Complex, Float or LongRationalQuot
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000091" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000091"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000091.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000091.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">+@</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-apply unary + (returns self)
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000094" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000094"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000064" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000064"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000094.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000094.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000064.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000064.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">-</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -551,12 +522,12 @@ subtraction of Complex, Float or LongRationalQuot is used
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000092" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000092"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000062" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000062"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000092.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000092.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000062.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000062.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">-@</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -568,12 +539,12 @@ apply unary - (returns negated self)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000099" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000099"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000069" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000069"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000099.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000099.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000069.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000069.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">/</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -593,12 +564,12 @@ having performed a division.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000107" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000107"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000077" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000077"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000107.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000107.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000077.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000077.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -610,40 +581,31 @@ performs bitwise left shift of self by other
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000121" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000121"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000094" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000094"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000121.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000121.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">&lt;=&gt;</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000094.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000094.html');return false;">
+          <span class="method-name">==</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-Compares the two numbers. returns -1 if self &lt; other
-</p>
-<pre>
-         0 if self-other = 0
-        +1 if self &gt; other
-</pre>
-<p>
-it needs to be observed, that x == y implies (x &lt;=&gt; y) == 0 but not
-(x &lt;=&gt; y) == 0 implies x == y because == also takes the scale into
-account and considers two numbers only equal, if they have the same number
-of potentially zero digits after the decimal point.
+comparison of self with other for equality takes into account the values
+expressed by self and other and the equality of the number of digits.
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000129" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000129"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000095" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000095"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000129.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000129.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">==</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000095.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000095.html');return false;">
+          <span class="method-name">===</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -655,12 +617,12 @@ expressed by self and other and the equality of the number of digits.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000108" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000108"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000078" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000078"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000108.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000108.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000078.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000078.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -672,12 +634,12 @@ performs bitwise right shift of self by other
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000109" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000109"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000079" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000079"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000109.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000109.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000079.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000079.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">[]</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -689,12 +651,12 @@ gets binary digit of self
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000105" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000105"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000075" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000075"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000105.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000105.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000075.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000075.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">^</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -706,12 +668,12 @@ performs bitwise XOR between self and other
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000119" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000119"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000088" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000088"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000119.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000119.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000088.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000088.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">abs</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -723,26 +685,12 @@ Absolute value
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000120" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000120"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000055" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000055"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <span class="method-name">abs2</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000115">square</a>
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000082" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000082"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000082.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000082.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000055.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000055.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">anti_equalize_scale</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -756,12 +704,12 @@ expressable as a rational this method is mostly for internal use
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000124" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000124"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000089" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000089"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000124.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000124.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000089.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000089.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">coerce</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -774,29 +722,12 @@ compatible types and ready for arithmetic operations.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000087" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000087"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000087.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000087.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">dec</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-self - 1
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000089" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000089"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000060" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000060"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000089.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000089.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000060.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000060.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">dec!</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -808,12 +739,12 @@ self -= 1
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000078" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000078"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000051" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000051"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000078.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000078.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000051.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000051.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">denominator</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -830,12 +761,12 @@ Rational
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000096" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000096"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000066" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000066"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000096.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000096.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000066.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000066.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">divide</span><span class="method-args">(other, rounding_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -848,12 +779,12 @@ rounding mode
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000097" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000097"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000067" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000067"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000097.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000097.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000067.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000067.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">divide_s</span><span class="method-args">(other, new_scale, rounding_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -866,12 +797,12 @@ mode. If new_scale is nil, use scale of self.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000101" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000101"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000071" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000071"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000101.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000101.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000071.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000071.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">divmod</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -883,12 +814,12 @@ do integer division with remainder, returning two values
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000081" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000081"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000054" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000054"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000081.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000081.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000054.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000054.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">equalize_scale</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -903,12 +834,12 @@ method is mostly for internal use
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000132" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000132"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000098" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000098"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000132.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000132.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000098.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000098.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">hash</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -920,29 +851,12 @@ Returns a hash code for the complex number.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000086" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000086"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000059" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000059"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000086.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000086.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">inc</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-self + 1
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000088" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000088"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000088.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000088.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000059.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000059.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">inc!</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -954,12 +868,12 @@ self += 1
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000133" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000133"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000099" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000099"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000133.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000133.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000099.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000099.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">inspect</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -973,12 +887,12 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>(<em>int_val</em>,
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000080" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000080"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000053" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000053"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000080.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000080.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000053.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000053.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">int_digits10</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -991,12 +905,12 @@ number of decimal digits before the decimal point, not counting a single 0.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000079" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000079"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000052" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000052"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000079.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000079.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000052.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000052.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">int_digits2</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1010,26 +924,12 @@ number of binary digits before the decimal point, not counting a single 0.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000118" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000118"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <span class="method-name">inverse</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000117">reciprocal</a>
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000125" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000125"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000090" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000090"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000125.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000125.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000090.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000090.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">is_int?</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1041,12 +941,12 @@ is self expressable as an integer without loss of digits?
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000111" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000111"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000081" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000081"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000111.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000111.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000081.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000081.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">move_point_left</span><span class="method-args">(n)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1058,12 +958,12 @@ divide by 10**n
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000112" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000112"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000082" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000082"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000112.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000112.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000082.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000082.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">move_point_right</span><span class="method-args">(n)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1075,8 +975,8 @@ multiply by 10**n
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000084" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000084"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000057" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000057"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
           <span class="method-name">next</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
@@ -1084,17 +984,17 @@ multiply by 10**n
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000083">succ</a>
+Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000056">succ</a>
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000131" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000131"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000097" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000097"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000131.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000131.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000097.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000097.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">one?</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1107,12 +1007,12 @@ after the decimal point.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000085" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000085"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000058" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000058"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000085.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000085.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000058.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000058.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">pred</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1125,12 +1025,12 @@ usually not an decrement by 1, but by 1/10**scale.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000098" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000098"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000068" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000068"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000098.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000098.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000068.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000068.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">rdiv</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1143,29 +1043,12 @@ calculations.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000117" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000117"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000043" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000043"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000117.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000117.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">reciprocal</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-calculate the multiplicative inverse
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000069" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000069"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000069.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000069.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000043.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000043.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">round_to_scale</span><span class="method-args">(new_scale, mode = ROUND_UNNECESSARY)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1183,44 +1066,12 @@ result param2: mode rounding mode to be applied when information is
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000123" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000123"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000123.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000123.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">scale_equal</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <h2>-comparison for the scales</h2>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000122" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000122"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000122.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000122.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">scale_ufo</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-&lt;=&gt;-comparison for the scales
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000126" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000126"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000091" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000091"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000126.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000126.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000091.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000091.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sgn</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1238,8 +1089,8 @@ get the sign of self -1 if self &lt; 0
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000128" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000128"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000093" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000093"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
           <span class="method-name">sign</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
@@ -1247,13 +1098,13 @@ get the sign of self -1 if self &lt; 0
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000126">sgn</a>
+Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000091">sgn</a>
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000127" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000127"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000092" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000092"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
           <span class="method-name">signum</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
@@ -1261,17 +1112,17 @@ Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000126">sgn</a>
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000126">sgn</a>
+Alias for <a href="LongDecimal.html#M000091">sgn</a>
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000110" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000110"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000080" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000080"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000110.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000110.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000080.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000080.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">size</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1283,26 +1134,50 @@ gets size of int_val
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000116" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000116"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000086" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000086"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000116.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000116.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000086.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000086.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrt</span><span class="method-args">(new_scale, rounding_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
         <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+calculate the sqrt of self provide the result with given number new_scale
+of digits after the decimal point use rounding_mode if the result is not
+exact
+</p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000115" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000115"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000087" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000087"></a>
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000087.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000087.html');return false;">
+          <span class="method-name">sqrt_with_remainder</span><span class="method-args">(new_scale)</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+calculate the sqrt s of self and remainder r &gt;= 0 such that s*s+r = self
+and (s+1)*(s+1) &gt; self provide the result with given number new_scale of
+digits after the decimal point
+</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div id="method-M000085" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000085"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000115.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000115.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000085.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000085.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">square</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1314,12 +1189,12 @@ calculate the square of self
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000083" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000083"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000056" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000056"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000083.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000083.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000056.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000056.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">succ</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1333,12 +1208,12 @@ but by 1/10**scale.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000077" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000077"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000050" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000050"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000077.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000077.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000050.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000050.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_bd</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1350,12 +1225,12 @@ convert selt into BigDecimal
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000074" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000074"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000047" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000047"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000074.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000074.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000047.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000047.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_f</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1370,12 +1245,12 @@ representation otherwise.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000075" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000075"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000048" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000048"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000075.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000075.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000048.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000048.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_i</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1384,19 +1259,19 @@ representation otherwise.
           <p>
 convert self into Integer This may loose information. In most cases it is
 preferred to control this by calling <a
-href="LongDecimal.html#M000069">round_to_scale</a> first and then applying
-<a href="LongDecimal.html#M000075">to_i</a> when the number represented by
+href="LongDecimal.html#M000043">round_to_scale</a> first and then applying
+<a href="LongDecimal.html#M000048">to_i</a> when the number represented by
 self is actually an integer.
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000076" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000076"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000049" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000049"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000076.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000076.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000049.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000049.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_ld</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1408,30 +1283,12 @@ convert self into <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> (returns self)
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000073" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000073"></a>
-        <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000073.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000073.html');return false;">
-          <span class="method-name">to_r</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="method-description">
-          <p>
-convert self into Rational this works quite straitforward. use int_val as
-numerator and a power of 10 as denominator
-</p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div id="method-M000070" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000070"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000044" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000044"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000070.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000070.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000044.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000044.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_s</span><span class="method-args">(shown_scale = @scale, mode = ROUND_UNNECESSARY, base = 10)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1448,12 +1305,12 @@ defaults to 10.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000090" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000090"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000061" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000061"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000090.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000090.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000061.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000061.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">unit</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1465,12 +1322,12 @@ return the unit by which self is incremented by succ
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000130" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000130"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000096" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000096"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000130.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000130.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000096.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000096.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">zero?</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1483,12 +1340,12 @@ after the decimal point.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000104" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000104"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000074" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000074"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000104.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000104.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000074.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000074.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">|</span><span class="method-args">(other)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1500,12 +1357,12 @@ performs bitwise OR between self and other
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000106" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000106"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000076" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000076"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000106.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000106.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000076.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000076.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">~</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1519,12 +1376,12 @@ bitwise inversion
       <h3 class="section-bar">Protected Instance methods</h3>
-      <div id="method-M000113" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000113"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000083" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000083"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000113.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000113.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000083.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000083.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">move_point_left_int</span><span class="method-args">(n)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1536,12 +1393,12 @@ internal method divide by 10**n
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000114" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000114"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000084" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000084"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000114.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000114.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000084.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000084.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">move_point_right_int</span><span class="method-args">(n)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1553,12 +1410,12 @@ internal method multiply by 10**n
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000068" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000068"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000042" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000042"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000068.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000068.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000042.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000042.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">scale=</span><span class="method-args">(s)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1569,17 +1426,17 @@ alter scale (changes self)
 </p>
 <p>
 only for internal use: use <a
-href="LongDecimal.html#M000069">round_to_scale</a> instead
+href="LongDecimal.html#M000043">round_to_scale</a> instead
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000071" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000071"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000045" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000045"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000071.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000071.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000045.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000045.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_s_10</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -1592,12 +1449,12 @@ default settings.
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="method-M000072" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000072"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000046" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000046"></a>
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000072.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000072.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongDecimal.src/M000046.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongDecimal.src/M000046.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">to_s_internal</span><span class="method-args">(b, sc)</span>
           </a>
         </div>