Re: [boost] Algebraic abstractions related to (big) integers in C++

Subject: Re: [boost] Algebraic abstractions related to (big) integers in C++
From: pavel (paul.cpprules_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-30 13:35:06

 Lucanus wrote on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 1:02:32:
> There is nothing stopping us from writing a boost library that does
> just that, implementing it as portable C++ that is slow and
> providing inline assmeber (or intrinsics based) implementations for
> common platforms.  Then we can make a proposal to add these to the std library.

> Anyone want to suggest it as a GSOC project they are willing to
> mentor?  I can't mentor more than one project, unfortunately.

i second this

i think that ideally a feature like 'add_with_carry()' should be
available as a compiler intrinsic

-- 
Pavel
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