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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Require full GMP when building module support.


From: Philipp Stephani
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Require full GMP when building module support.
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:06:28 +0200

Am Do., 25. Apr. 2019 um 16:38 Uhr schrieb Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>:
>
> > From: Philipp Stephani <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden,
> >       Philipp Stephani <address@hidden>
> > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:46:08 +0200
> >
> > This allows mini-gmp to not stay binary-compatible with full GMP.
> >
> > * configure.ac (HAVE_MODULES): Disable if full GMP is unavailable.
>
> Sounds too harsh to me.  After all, arbitrary-size numbers are needed
> only in handful of situations.

I don't really see a good alternative. It would otherwise be
disastrous if any version of mini-gmp.h ever became
binary-incompatible with any version of GMP.



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