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From: Matt Borland (matt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-06-29 14:15:44


On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 15:09, shar yashuv Giat via Boost-users <[boost-users_at_[hidden]](mailto:On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 15:09, shar yashuv Giat via Boost-users <<a href=)> wrote:

> msvc added 128 bit numbers(in the header __msvc_int128.hpp).
> I know multiprecision uses __128 to improve performance so why doesn't it use msvc version?
> it's seems easy to change and will probably improve performance.

As far as I know it’s not official supported. If you look through their open GitHub issues they are working on performance improvementsnow: https://github.com/microsoft/STL/issues/2520. Once it is official there is no compelling reason not to use it.

Matt



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