[Chicken-users] Bignums in core

[Kon Lovett]

On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 00:30 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > Kon Lovett scripsit:
> >
> > > Possible is adding a int64_t heap type. But involves hitting every
> > > piece of code that any extension of the core number system would.
> >
> > Indeed.  If we're going to do that, I'd rather go with core bignums
> > after all, perhaps from LibTomMath (which is dedicated to the public
> > domain by its author), and dispose of the issue once and for all.
>
> Something like this is surely my preference too.

Not sure what is desired. I am guessing the full numeric tower is the  
real concern. If only large-ish integers then the current use of  
integer flonum limit of +-9007199254740992 should be good for awhile.

>

Best Wishes,
Kon