Increment the version and update the NEWS

gavinhoward · Mar 4, 2021 · c491550 · c491550
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diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #
 .POSIX:
 
-VERSION = 3.3.2
+VERSION = 3.3.3
 
 SRC = %%SRC%%
 OBJ = %%OBJ%%

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 # News
 
+## 3.3.3
+
+This is a production release with one tweak and fixes for manuals.
+
+The tweak is that `length(0)` returns `1` instead of `0`. In `3.3.1`, I changed
+it so `length(0.x)`, where `x` could be any number of digits, returned the
+`scale`, but `length(0)` still returned `0` because I believe that `0` has `0`
+significant digits.
+
+After request of FreeBSD and considering the arguments of a mathematician,
+compatibility with other `bc`'s, and the expectations of users, I decided to
+make the change.
+
+The fixes for manuals fixed a bug where `--` was rendered as `-`.
+
 ## 3.3.2
 
 This is a production release that fixes a divide-by-zero bug in `root()` in the