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Version 0.5.7 (2020-05-11)
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  * The `LosslessTryFrom` and `LosslessTryInto` traits were added.
  * The following methods were added to all fixed-point types, to the
    `Fixed` trait, and to the `Wrapping` wrapper:
      * `leading_ones`, `trailing_ones`
  * The following method was added to unsigned fixed-point types and
    to the `FixedUnsigned` trait:
      * `wrapping_next_power_of_two`
  * The `PHI` and `FRAC_1_PHI` constants were added to the `consts`
    module and as associated constants for fixed-point types.

Version 0.5.6 (2020-05-01)
==========================

  * The following methods were added to signed fixed-point types and to
    the `FixedSigned` trait:
      * `checked_signum`, `saturating_signum`, `wrapping_signum`,
        `overflowing_signum`
  * The `LossyFrom` and `LossyInto` traits were added to the prelude.
  * Casts deprecated in version 0.3.1 of the *az* crate were marked as
    deprecated.

Version 0.5.5 (2020-04-16)
==========================

  * Bug fix: an incorrect result could be given when comparing a
    signed fixed-point number of type `FixedI` to a number that would
    overflow by exactly one bit when converting to `FixedI`.
  * The following associated constants were added to all fixed-point
    types, to the `Fixed` trait, and to the `Wrapping` wrapper:
      * `MIN`, `MAX`
  * The following associated constants were added to the `Fixed` trait
    and to the `Wrapping` wrapper:
      * `INT_NBITS`, `FRAC_NBITS`
  * The following methods were added to all fixed-point types and to
    the `Fixed` trait:
      * `int_log2`, `int_log10`
      * `checked_int_log2`, `checked_int_log10`
  * The following methods were added to the `Wrapping` wrapper:
      *  `int_log2`, `int_log10`
  * The constants in the `consts` module were also added as associated
    constants to fixed-point types that can represent them.
  * The following methods were deprecated:
      * `min_value`, `max_value`
      * `int_nbits`, `frac_nbits`

Version 0.5.4 (2020-02-21)
==========================

  * Bug fix: `rem_euclid_int` and its checked versions were handling
    overflow incorrectly.

Version 0.5.3 (2020-02-13)
==========================

  * Bug fix: `round_to_zero` was returning incorrect results for
    negative whole number operands.
  * Bug fix: all remainder operations with a fixed-point LHS and an
    integer RHS were giving an incorrect answer
    (https://gitlab.com/tspiteri/fixed/issues/13).
  * Bug fix: Euclidean division operations by integers were giving an
    incorrect answer.
  * `Rem` and `RemAssign` were implemented for fixed-point numbers.
  * The following methods were added to all fixed-point types and to
    the `Fixed` trait:
      * `checked_rem`
      * `div_euclid`, `rem_euclid`
      * `checked_div_euclid`, `checked_rem_euclid`
      * `saturating_div_euclid`
      * `wrapping_div_euclid`
      * `overflowing_div_euclid`
  * The following methods were added to the `Wrapping` wrapper:
      * `div_euclid`, `rem_euclid`
      * `div_euclid_int`, `rem_euclid_int`
  * The following methods were deprecated:
      * `wrapping_rem_int`, `overflowing_rem_int`

Version 0.5.2 (2020-02-02)
==========================

  * `Wrapping` now supports serialization. (Thanks: Shane Pearman)

Version 0.5.1 (2019-12-22)
==========================

  * `ParseFixedError` implements `Error` when the new `std` feature is
    enabled.

Version 0.5.0 (2019-12-06)
==========================

  * The *fixed* crate now requires rustc version 1.39.0 or later.
  * The following methods were added to all fixed-point types and to
    the `Fixed` trait:
      * `from_be_bytes`, `from_le_bytes`, `from_ne_bytes`
      * `to_be_bytes`, `to_le_bytes`, `to_ne_bytes`
      * `div_euclid_int`, `rem_euclid_int`
      * `checked_div_euclid_int`, `checked_rem_euclid_int`
      * `wrapping_div_euclid_int`, `wrapping_rem_euclid_int`
      * `overflowing_div_euclid_int`, `overflowing_rem_euclid_int`
  * Casts deprecated in version 0.3.1 of the *az* crate were marked as
    deprecated.

Incompatible changes
--------------------

  * Deprecated methods and modules were removed.

Version 0.4.6 (2019-10-16)
==========================

  * Conversions to/from `bf16` are now provided when the `f16` option
    is enabled.
  * The following methods are now `const` functions: `saturating_neg`,
    `saturating_add`, `saturating_sub`, `saturating_mul_int`,
    `saturating_abs`
  * Support for casts using the *az* crate was added.

Version 0.4.5 (2019-08-30)
==========================

  * Bug fix: display of many decimal numbers was panicking in debug
    mode or including a leading zero in release mode.
  * Many methods were added to `Wrapping` for convenience, even if
    they do not involve wrapping.

Version 0.4.4 (2019-08-24)
==========================

  * Bug fix: rounding could produce bad output for `Binary`, `Octal`,
    `LowerHex` and `UpperHex`.
  * The following methods are now `const` functions:
    `is_power_of_two`, `abs`, `wrapping_abs`, `overflowing_abs`
  * The method `round_to_zero` was added.
  * The method `round_ties_to_even` and its checked versions were
    added.

Version 0.4.3 (2019-08-20)
==========================

  * The *fixed* crate now requires rustc version 1.34.0 or later.
  * The precision argument is no longer ignored when formatting
    fixed-point numbers; precision should now be handled the same as
    for primitive floating-point numbers in the standard library.
  * Parsing strings now rounds to the nearest with ties rounded to
    even.
  * Checked versions of string parsing methods are now available as
    inherent methods to all fixed-point numbers, and as methods in the
    `Fixed` trait.
  * `Wrapping` now has methods for parsing with wrapping, including
    an implementation of `FromStr`.
  * The following methods are now `const` functions:
      * `min_value`, `max_value`, `from_bits`, `to_bits`
      * `count_ones`, `count_zeros`, `leading_zeros`, `trailing_zeros`
        `rotate_left`, `rotate_right`
      * `wrapping_neg`, `wrapping_add`, `wrapping_sub`,
        `wrapping_mul_int`, `wrapping_shl`, `wrapping_shr`
      * `overflowing_neg`, `overflowing_add`, `overflowing_sub`,
        `overflowing_mul_int`, `overflowing_shl`, `overflowing_shr`
      * `is_positive`, `is_negative`
  * The associated constants `INT_NBITS` and `FRAC_NBITS` were added.
  * The reexports in the `frac` module and the `LeEqU*` traits were
    moved into the new `types::extra` module.

Version 0.4.2 (2019-08-16)
==========================

  * The new methods `from_num` and `to_num` together with their
    checked versions were added to all fixed-point numbers.
  * The methods `from_fixed`, `to_fixed`, `from_int`, `to_int`,
    `from_float`, and `to_float`, and their checked versions, were
    deprecated.
  * The new method `from_num` was added to the `Wrapping` wrapper.
  * Bug fix: parsing of decimal fractions was fixed to give correctly
    rounded results for long decimal fraction strings, for example
    with four fractional bits, 0.96874999… (just below 31⁄32) and
    0.96875 (31⁄32) are now parsed correctly as 0.9375 (15⁄16) and 1.0.

Version 0.4.1 (2019-08-12)
==========================

  * All fixed-point types now implement `FromStr`.
  * The methods `from_str_binary`, `from_str_octal` and `from_str_hex`
    were added.

Version 0.4.0 (2019-08-08)
==========================

  * The *fixed* crate now requires rustc version 1.31.0 or later.
  * The `traits` module was added, with its traits `Fixed`,
    `FixedSigned`, `FixedUnsigned`, `FromFixed`, `ToFixed`,
    `LossyFrom` and `LossyInto`.
  * The `saturating_neg` method was added to all fixed-point numbers,
    and the `saturating_abs` method was added to signed fixed-point
    numbers.
  * The `consts` module was added.
  * The `signum` method now wraps instead of panics in release mode.

Incompatible changes
--------------------

  * The sealed traits `Int` and `Float` now have no provided methods;
    the methods in the old implementation are now provided by
    `FromFixed` and `ToFixed`.
  * Deprecated methods were removed.

Contributors
------------

  * @jean-airoldie
  * @tspiteri

Version 0.3.3 (2019-06-27)
==========================

  * Conversions to/from `isize` and `usize` were added.

Version 0.3.2 (2019-02-27)
==========================

  * The `Wrapping` wrapper was added.

Version 0.3.1 (2019-02-07)
==========================

  * Reimplement `From<bool>` for all fixed-point types which can
    represent the integer 1. This was inadvertently removed in 0.3.0.

Version 0.3.0 (2019-02-03)
==========================

  * Incompatible change: the return type of `to_int` is now generic.
  * Incompatible change: the `Int` trait implementation for `bool` was
    removed.
  * The new method `to_fixed` was added.
  * The new methods `checked_to_fixed`, `checked_to_int`,
    `saturating_to_fixed`, `saturating_to_int`, `wrapping_to_fixed`,
    `wrapping_to_int`, `overflowing_to_fixed` and `overflowing_to_int`
    were added.
  * The methods `from_fixed`, `to_fixed`, `checked_from_fixed`,
    `checked_to_fixed`, `saturating_from_fixed`,
    `saturating_to_fixed`, `wrapping_from_fixed`, `wrapping_to_fixed`,
    `overflowing_from_fixed` and `overflowing_to_fixed` were added to
    the `Int` trait.
  * The methods `from_fixed`, `to_fixed`, `checked_to_fixed`,
    `saturating_to_fixed`, `wrapping_to_fixed` and
    `overflowing_to_fixed` were added to the `Float` trait.
  * `PartialEq` and `PartialCmp` are now implemented for all
    combinations of fixed-point numbers and primitive integers.
  * The methods `int_bits` and `frac_bits` were deprecated and
    replaced by the methods `int_nbits` and `frac_nbits`.

Version 0.2.1 (2019-01-29)
==========================

  * Bug fix: the `from_fixed` and `from_int` methods (and their
    checked counterparts) could return wrong values for negative
    values.
  * Bug fix: display was using one fractional digit less than
    required, thus yielding the same output for diffent fixed-point
    numbers.

Version 0.2.0 (2019-01-29)
==========================

  * Incompatible change: The method `from_int` was change to accept a
    generic parameter.
  * The new methods `from_fixed`, `checked_from_fixed`,
    `saturating_from_fixed`, `wrapping_from_fixed` and
    `overflowing_from_fixed` were added.
  * The new methods `checked_from_int`, `saturating_from_int`,
    `wrapping_from_int` and `overflowing_from_int` were added.
  * The new methods `from_float`, `checked_from_float`,
    `saturating_from_float`, `wrapping_from_float` and
    `overflowing_from_float` were added.
  * The new method `to_float` was added.
  * The methods `from_f16`, `from_f32`, `from_f64`, `to_f16`, `to_f32`
    and `to_f64` were deprecated.
  * The `to_int` method was fixed to truncate fractional bits as
    documented for negative values.
  * The new methods `ceil`, `floor`, `round`, `checked_ceil`,
    `checked_floor`, `checked_round`, `saturating_ceil`,
    `saturating_floor`, `saturating_round`, `wrapping_ceil`,
    `wrapping_floor`, `wrapping_round`, `overflowing_ceil`,
    `overflowing_floor` and `overflowing_round` were added.
  * The methods `to_int_ceil`, `to_int_floor` and `to_int_round` were
    deprecated.

Version 0.1.6 (2019-01-27)
==========================

  * Optional serde support was added.

Version 0.1.5 (2019-01-26)
==========================

  * Lossless infallible conversions between fixed-point numbers and
    numeric primitives are now supported using `From` and `Into`.
  * A new module `types` is available with aliases for all supported
    fixed-point numbers.

Version 0.1.4 (2018-11-29)
==========================

  * Division is now implemented for `FixedI128` and `FixedU128`.

Version 0.1.3 (2018-08-23)
==========================

  * The `f16` feature was added, and new methods `from_f16` and
    `to_f16` were added.

Version 0.1.2 (2018-08-15)
==========================

  * The crate can now be used without the standard library `std`.
  * New methods `from_f32` and `from_f64` were added.
  * New methods `is_positive` and `is_negative` were added to signed
    fixed-point numbers.

Version 0.1.1 (2018-08-11)
==========================

  * Comparisons are now supported between all fixed-point numbers with
    the same underlying integer type.
  * New static methods `int_bits` and `frac_bits` were added.
  * New methods `from_int`, `to_int`, `to_int_ceil`, `to_int_floor`
    and `to_int_round` were added.
  * New methods `int` and `frac` were added.
  * Support for multiplication and division by integers was added.

Version 0.1.0 (2018-08-10)
==========================

  * `Unsigned` constants provided by the *typenum* crate are now used
    for the number of fractional bits.
  * Many methods and trait implementations available for primitive
    integers are now also supported by the fixed-point numbers.