Re: [boost] [Review Request] Multiprecision Arithmetic Library

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review Request] Multiprecision Arithmetic Library
From: Ronald Garcia (rxg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-02 18:28:43

Hi John,

I have received your request and will add it to the review schedule.

Best,
Ron

On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:55 AM, John Maddock wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I'd like to ask for a formal review of the Multiprecision Arithmetic Library, currently in the sandbox.
> 
> Features:
> 
> * Expression template enabled front end.
> * Support for Integer, Rational and Floating Point types.
> 
> Supported Integer backends:
> 
> * GMP.
> * Libtommath.
> * cpp_int.
> 
> cpp_int is an all C++ Boost licensed backend, supports both arbitrary precision types (with Allocator support), and signed and unsigned fixed precision types (with no memory allocation).
> 
> There are also some integer specific functions - for Miller Rabin testing, bit fiddling, random numbers.  Plus interoperability with Boost.Rational (though that loses the expression template frontend).
> 
> Supported Rational Backends:
> 
> * GMP
> * libtommath
> * cpp_int (as above)
> 
> Supported Floating point backends:
> 
> * GMP
> * MPFR
> * cpp_dec_float
> 
> cpp_dec_float is an all C++ Boost licensed type, adapted from Christopher Kormanyos' e_float code (published in TOMS last year).
> 
> All the floating point types, have full std lib support (cos sin exp, pow etc), as well as full interoperability with Boost.Math.
> 
> There's nothing in principal to prevent extension to complex numbers and interval arithmetic types (plus any other number types I've forgotten!), but I've run out of energy for now ;-)
> 
> Code is in the sandbox under /big_number/.
> 
> Docs can be viewed online here: http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/big_number/libs/multiprecision/doc/html/index.html
> 
> And of course, I'm looking for a review manager ;-)
> 
> Many thanks, John. 
> 
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