From: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] if (n:int) < 0 then (-n) > 0 is FALSE
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:48:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200612081748.03288.jon@ffconsultancy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200612071943.kB7JhC522308@virtutech.se>
On Thursday 07 December 2006 19:43, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
> Of course it is a bug
I wouldn't call it a bug. It looks like modulo arithmetic to me.
> I would love to have a fast unboxed integer type that automatically
> overflows to bignum, but it would be a tad slower than the current "int".
How can it be both unboxed and allow overflow to a bignum? Would you generate
int and bigint versions of all functions and then bail to the bigint version
if anything overflowed?
--
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
Objective CAML for Scientists
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-08 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-07 18:32 Pal-Kristian Engstad
2006-12-07 19:19 ` [Caml-list] " Jonathan Roewen
2006-12-07 19:43 ` Mattias Engdegård
2006-12-07 20:02 ` Brian Hurt
2006-12-08 2:37 ` skaller
2006-12-08 11:09 ` Mattias Engdegård
2006-12-08 17:48 ` Jon Harrop [this message]
2006-12-08 18:20 ` Mattias Engdegård
2006-12-08 18:37 ` Brian Hurt
2006-12-09 2:03 ` skaller
2006-12-07 21:13 ` Martin Jambon
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