From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Siraphob \(Ben\) Phipathananunth" <siraben@disroot.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using the GNU GMP Library for Bignums in Emacs
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:34:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bmecy6fx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <29f933ac-a6bf-8742-66a7-0a9d6d3e5a88@disroot.org> (siraben@disroot.org)
> From: "Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth" <siraben@disroot.org>
> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:15:08 +0700
>
> Emacs Calc was written many years ago, and as a result its current
> implementation implements bignums purely in Emacs Lisp. Its bignum
> operations also use a lot of hacks (such as performing carry
> operations). Arbitrary precision arithmetic could be faster if Emacs
> had GNU GMP linked to it, with the relevant Emacs Lisp functions added
> in C.
>
> What is the consensus on linking the GNU GMP library to Emacs so that
> packages such as Emacs Calc (and others) could benefit from using
> native types (i.e. "mpz_t") rather than reinventing the wheel?
I think the consensus is we want that, it's just a matter of someone
doing the job of making it happen.
The design should IMO be discussed up front, because we want not only
to be able to use bignums and arbitrary-precision floating-point
numbers in C, but also in Lisp. How exactly to expose them to Lisp is
something we should talk about, I think.
Thanks.
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2018-04-21 14:15 Using the GNU GMP Library for Bignums in Emacs Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth
2018-04-21 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-04-21 15:01 ` Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth
2018-04-21 15:23 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-21 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-21 15:40 ` Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth
2018-04-21 15:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-21 16:08 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-26 3:17 ` Tom Tromey
2018-04-26 3:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-27 15:56 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-27 16:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-21 22:42 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-22 2:48 ` dancol
2018-04-22 13:00 ` Philipp Stephani
2018-04-22 17:43 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-22 18:04 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-04-22 18:34 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-04-23 3:39 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-22 8:00 ` Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth
2018-04-22 9:06 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-23 5:19 ` Helmut Eller
2018-04-23 8:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-04-23 14:36 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-23 19:22 ` Helmut Eller
2018-04-23 20:26 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-23 3:36 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-22 12:43 ` Helmut Eller
2018-04-22 17:47 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-23 3:39 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-23 4:41 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-24 2:54 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-24 2:54 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-24 4:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-24 5:45 ` Helmut Eller
2018-06-03 23:44 ` Jefferson Carpenter
2018-04-25 1:05 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-25 1:19 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-25 22:40 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-25 23:29 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-30 3:07 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-30 5:00 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2018-04-30 12:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-01 3:01 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-30 7:04 ` Paul Eggert
2018-05-01 3:01 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-01 21:45 ` Paul Eggert
2018-05-03 3:34 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-03 5:53 ` Paul Eggert
2018-05-03 6:26 ` Helmut Eller
2018-05-03 17:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-03 18:26 ` Paul Eggert
2018-05-04 4:26 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-05 5:03 ` Ken Raeburn
2018-05-06 3:12 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-07 17:24 ` Ken Raeburn
2018-05-08 1:55 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-07 18:40 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-05-03 18:51 ` Helmut Eller
[not found] ` <83sh78o6af.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-05-03 20:30 ` Helmut Eller
2018-05-03 21:48 ` Paul Eggert
2018-05-04 4:22 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-23 3:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-05 21:29 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-05 21:53 ` John Wiegley
2018-07-06 20:43 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 21:00 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-07 4:27 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-07 4:53 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-07 6:20 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-07 6:38 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-09 5:37 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-09 16:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-09 22:56 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-09 23:02 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-09 23:13 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-10 4:01 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-10 13:46 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 15:59 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-09 5:43 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-10 4:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-07 23:43 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-08 4:58 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-08 22:55 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-08 5:01 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 22:55 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-09 5:39 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-09 20:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-09 23:25 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-10 3:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-10 5:32 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-10 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-10 16:01 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-10 16:48 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-10 17:45 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-10 19:14 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-11 1:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 5:59 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-11 14:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 2:04 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-11 2:36 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-10 20:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 1:52 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-11 2:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-11 3:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 3:30 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-11 3:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 22:48 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-12 4:51 ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-12 23:35 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-15 15:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-18 10:20 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-18 13:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-27 21:14 ` Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch Paul Eggert
2018-07-28 14:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-29 3:34 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-29 4:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-29 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-30 17:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-30 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-30 20:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-30 21:58 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-31 2:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-31 7:10 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-31 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-31 22:44 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-01 5:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-01 6:43 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-01 8:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-03 7:40 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-03 7:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 11:12 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-10 15:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-10 15:43 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-10 15:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-10 16:52 ` John Yates
2018-08-10 19:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 20:48 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-10 7:05 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-10 8:02 ` Paul Eggert
[not found] ` <<83d0v4p1si.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-07-31 15:08 ` Drew Adams
2018-07-31 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-31 22:21 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 0:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-20 1:33 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-20 6:35 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-20 7:05 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 7:19 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-20 7:27 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 8:49 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-20 16:03 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 16:41 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-20 16:51 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 16:58 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-20 19:50 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-20 21:54 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-21 3:38 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-20 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-20 17:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-20 15:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-20 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-21 15:01 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-21 19:09 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-21 19:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22 8:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-08-22 13:22 ` Herring, Davis
2018-08-22 13:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-08-22 13:55 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22 20:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-23 8:13 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-23 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-23 14:48 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-23 18:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-24 9:51 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-25 17:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-20 16:01 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-21 3:37 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-20 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-20 15:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-08-20 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 19:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-21 3:38 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-25 23:27 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-26 12:45 ` Tramp and fixnum (was: Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch) Michael Albinus
2018-08-26 15:34 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-26 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-26 16:44 ` Tramp and fixnum Michael Albinus
2018-08-28 4:47 ` Tramp and fixnum (was: Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch) Paul Eggert
2018-08-26 16:49 ` Tramp and fixnum Michael Albinus
2018-08-28 4:48 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-28 11:50 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-28 14:33 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-28 15:18 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-29 8:09 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-26 16:34 ` Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch Tom Tromey
2018-08-26 16:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-26 20:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-08-26 20:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-27 2:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-27 4:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-27 5:10 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-27 14:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-27 15:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-27 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-27 15:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-27 18:57 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-26 20:45 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-26 22:10 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-27 0:23 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-27 22:50 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-28 1:44 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-28 14:12 ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-28 21:30 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-28 22:03 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-29 22:10 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-28 18:03 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-29 3:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-29 18:49 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-28 1:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-08-28 2:25 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-28 3:45 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-28 7:34 ` Ken Raeburn
2018-08-28 9:11 ` Helmut Eller
2018-08-28 12:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-28 18:00 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-28 22:57 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-29 3:42 ` Herring, Davis
2018-08-29 5:40 ` Helmut Eller
2018-08-29 13:15 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-31 19:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-08-31 20:30 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-31 21:58 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-01 1:26 ` Herring, Davis
2018-08-31 21:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-01 1:05 ` Herring, Davis
2018-09-02 10:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-04 6:14 ` Herring, Davis
2018-09-01 4:47 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-29 3:22 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-29 18:56 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-29 19:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-31 0:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-01 2:32 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-31 16:41 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-28 21:25 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-30 19:13 ` Johan Bockgård
2018-08-30 21:14 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-30 21:35 ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-30 21:56 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-08-20 15:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-20 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-20 16:12 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-20 17:21 ` Helmut Eller
2018-08-20 14:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-18 15:55 ` Using the GNU GMP Library for Bignums in Emacs Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-18 21:42 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-22 12:06 ` Ken Raeburn
2018-07-22 16:44 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-01 7:57 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-01 11:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-02 2:06 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-02 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-22 19:57 ` Achim Gratz
2018-04-21 16:46 ` Markus Triska
2018-04-21 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-21 17:27 ` Markus Triska
2018-04-21 18:37 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-21 22:42 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-22 2:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-23 3:34 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-23 4:21 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-23 13:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-24 2:54 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-24 4:34 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-25 1:05 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-23 15:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-24 18:56 ` Emanuele Santoro
2018-04-26 15:52 ` Glenn Morris
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