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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: andrewjmoreton@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bignum branch
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:39:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4bc2a6ba-bc73-c4a9-f7a6-20303955bc7f@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83d0vl7kg2.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> But that problem will affect all platforms, wouldn't it?  Because GMP
> can only work with 'long', and I guess we don't want to rely on stuff
> like 'prtdiff_t' and 'intmax_t' being no wider than 'long'?  We'd need
> to convert the other types explicitly.

Yes, of course. However, the more of these types are wider than a GMP limb, the 
more problems we'll have.

There's another thing about debugging. This stuff is still uncertain. That is, 
there are no doubt bugs in the bignum branch in this area, and we don't know yet 
how significant these correctness problems will be. With that in mind, it would 
be useful to have avoid-libgmp options with our own GMP replacement that uses 
uintmax_t limbs (or 'unsigned int' limbs, for that matter) for debugging 
purposes, to help us debug the inevitable glitches that will arise due to 
libgmp's limbs being wrong for some types.

I looked into libgmp, and it appears that all we would need is a 2-line change 
to mini-gmp.h. This should not be hard to maintain ourselves, with the idea of 
propagating it upstream when we can.



  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-17 22:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 205+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-13  4:26 bignum branch Tom Tromey
2018-07-13  7:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13  8:45 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13  9:51   ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 11:59     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 13:31       ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 18:06         ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-13 12:04     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 12:14       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 13:02         ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 13:50           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-15 16:29             ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-17 18:10               ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-17 18:24                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 19:06                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 20:00                   ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-17 21:17                     ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-18  1:01                       ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-18  9:28                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-18 13:21                   ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-18 13:32                     ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-18 16:01                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-18 16:21                       ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-18 16:47                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 12:34       ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 14:28 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-13 14:42   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 14:53     ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-13 15:03       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 15:30   ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-13 19:35     ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-14 16:20       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-14 20:04         ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-15 13:46           ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-15 15:01             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 12:19               ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 14:40                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 16:09                   ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 18:06                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 18:32                       ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 18:42                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 14:35             ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-16 22:28               ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-21 15:35                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-22 16:43                   ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-22 17:41                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-03  0:43                       ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-03  6:23                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03  9:01                           ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-03  9:47                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03 10:07                               ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-03 13:16                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03 14:05                                   ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-03 17:44                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03 19:54                                       ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-04  6:11                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-04 11:14                                           ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-04 11:29                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03 20:17                                       ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-03 21:02                                         ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-03 21:19                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-04  1:22                                             ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-04  6:18                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-04 10:49                                                 ` Achim Gratz
2018-08-04 11:07                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-04 10:43                                             ` Achim Gratz
2018-08-04 16:33                                               ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-04 18:28                                                 ` Achim Gratz
2018-08-04  6:20                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-04 11:17                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-04 16:41                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-06 10:18                                             ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-07  0:36                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-07  8:38                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-08  0:25                                               ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-04 17:10                                         ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-03 17:30                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-03 19:16                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-04  6:07                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-05 11:36                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-05 15:18                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-06 18:12                                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-07  0:41                                       ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-07  2:03                                         ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-07  3:59                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-07  4:02                                             ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-07 11:22                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-07 16:53                                             ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-07 17:12                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-07 17:52                                                 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-08  0:23                                                   ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-07 11:17                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-08  0:26                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-08 14:24                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-08 16:35                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-08 23:14                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-09  2:33                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-09  7:59                                               ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-09 13:01                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-09 17:31                                                   ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-09 18:32                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-09 19:22                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-09 16:34                                               ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-09 18:28                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-09 19:30                                                 ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-08 23:37                                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-09  0:07                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-09  2:03                                               ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-09  9:19                                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-09 20:49                                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10  5:45                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10  7:43                                                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10  7:59                                                       ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-10  9:48                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 20:58                                                           ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-11  7:08                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11  8:02                                                               ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-11 10:50                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 12:57                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-11 19:38                                                                   ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-10 11:18                                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10 11:56                                                           ` Andreas Schwab
2018-08-10 12:25                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 12:27                                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10 18:37                                                               ` Achim Gratz
2018-08-10 12:26                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 12:46                                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10  9:46                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 11:39                                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10 12:33                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 14:05                                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10 19:57                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 15:21                                                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-11 15:25                                                                   ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-11 16:04                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 16:16                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 16:54                                                                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-11 17:34                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 17:56                                                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-11 18:10                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 18:15                                                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-11 19:08                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 22:15                                                                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-12 18:54                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-12 19:44                                                                                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-13 15:02                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-13 23:13                                                                                         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-14 14:55                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-14 15:11                                                                                             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-14 15:19                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-14 16:16                                                                                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-15 17:01                                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-11 17:00                                                                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10 15:25                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-10 16:45                                                               ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-10 19:34                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-09  3:49                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-09  9:21                                                 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-09  2:37                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03 20:13                         ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-04 16:39                         ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-04 17:24                           ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-05 10:46                           ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-05 18:59                             ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-06 18:17                               ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-15 15:00           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-15 17:31             ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-15 18:27               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 19:02                 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-17  2:42                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 15:53                     ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-17 17:03                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 17:24                         ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-17 17:38                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 17:41                             ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-17 17:53                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 18:55                                 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-17 19:04                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-17 22:39                                     ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2018-07-18  2:41                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-18  7:39                                         ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-18 11:14                                           ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-18 11:57                                             ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-18 13:09                                               ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-18 13:18                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-18 13:43                                                   ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-18 14:06                                                     ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-18 19:25                                                       ` Achim Gratz
2018-07-18 20:41                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-19  2:36                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-19 20:32                                                         ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-20 20:02                                                           ` Achim Gratz
2018-07-20 20:58                                                             ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-20 21:48                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-22 19:49                                                               ` Achim Gratz
2018-07-18 18:29                                                 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-18 11:10                                       ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-18 18:34                                         ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-25 21:02             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-09 14:26 ` Charles A. Roelli
2018-08-09 15:17   ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-09 16:23     ` Charles A. Roelli
2018-08-09 16:25     ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-09 17:08       ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-09 19:29         ` Tom Tromey

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