The source code for this implementation is available from:

• the International Components for Unicode decNumber package
• the IBM alphaWorks decNumber page
• the open source GCC repository.

Contents:

• Overview – introduction and background
• User’s Guide – examples, etc.
  1. Simple addition
  2. Compound interest
  3. Passive error handling
  4. Active error handling
  5. Compressed format numbers
  6. Packed Decimal numbers
  7. Using decQuad
  8. Using decQuad with decNumber
• Modules
  1. decContext – context settings
  2. decNumber – core operations
  3. decimal32, decimal64, and decimal128 – compressed format conversions
  4. decSingle, decDouble, and decQuad (decFloats) – compressed formats arithmetic, etc.
  5. decPacked – packed decimal conversions
• Additional Options – customization, tuning, and testing parameters
• Appendix A – library performance
• Appendix B – changes list