Re: Big integer library

From: Joel Young (jdy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-30 08:16:50

I'll try that fix out.  Don't worry about the code not running.  I just
hacked down a long sequence of typedefs and declarations from a series
of function calls.  It doesn't "mean" anything in the form I sent you.
I noticed I still left in a bunch of lines.

Thanks,

Joel

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From: "Richard Peters" <r.a.peters_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:42:03 +0200
  To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
  Cc: <jdy_at_[hidden]>
Subj: Re: [Boost] Big integer library 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Young" <jdy_at_[hidden]>
> > > I have some questions. Will it be possible to say
> > >
> > > 1. typedef boost::rational< big_integer > big_rational.
> >
> > Yes. In fact, the big_integer_example contains an example where
> > boost::rational<big_integer> is used.
>
> I have not had success using big_integer inside rational.  I get
> concept check errors with the test code below.

<snip code>

I managed to get the code to compile by adding 'explicit' to the constructor
on line 132 of big_integer.hpp.
However, when I tried to run your code under vc7.1 or gcc, the program
requested massive amounts of memory and crashed with a write access
violation, even when not using boost::rational<big_integer> but
boost::rational<long long>. I'm not familiar with the multi_array library,
so I cannot investigate it further.

best regards,

Richard Peters