more complete File::Spec support for Mac and VMS, tests (from

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / bigint.pl

diff --git a/lib/bigint.pl b/lib/bigint.pl
index adeb17f..4044f7f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/bigint.pl
+++ b/lib/bigint.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 package bigint;
-
+#
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+#
+# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
+# programming techniques.
+#
+# Suggested alternative:  Math::BigInt
+#
 # arbitrary size integer math package
 #
 # by Mark Biggar