Re: [boost] Re: lazy exact arithmetic

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-24 21:22:26

At 03:04 PM 2/22/2005, Brandon Kohn wrote:
 >I'm glad there is some interest. I've already begun implementing it (will 
be
 >
 >testing it with GMP). I noticed (I think 3) implementations of 
big_integer
 >classes in the yahoo group files section. None of them has ripened into a 

 >solid library so far? Or are they just not entirely compatible with
 >boost::rational?

My guess is that no one wanted to put the time in to polish their 
preliminary efforts enough to get ready for a review.

By the way, Michiel Salters has proposed a big integer class for the next 
C++ standard library technical report. See 
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1744.pdf

It isn't clear to me if his proposal represents actual existing practice, 
or is just a strawman proposal.

--Beman