Re: [boost] [SoC] project ideas: BigInt

Subject: Re: [boost] [SoC] project ideas: BigInt
From: Joel Falcou (joel.falcou_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-10 10:25:51

Andrew Sutton wrote:
> As a quick followup, we've also had SafeInt proposed as an idea a couple of
> times. The purpose of this was to trap (except?) overflow and underflow.
> Would this be a worthwhile project?

Such work is currently being done here:
http://www-pequan.lip6.fr/cadna//

Current interface is in C and FORRAN but they started writing a C++ 
tempalte based binding. Algorithms include overflow/underflow as well as 
roundign errors an cancellation detection.

So maybe if this turns into a GSoC project, such reference could be used 
as a startng point.