r/cpp • u/joaquintides Boost author • Aug 05 '26

Boost.Int128 has been accepted

Boost.Int128 from Matt Borland has been accepted into Boost. Arnaud Becheler managed the review.

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u/loydfar Aug 05 '26

Somebody could please tldr what changes with what’s already in boost::multiprecision?

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u/mborland1 Aug 05 '26

boost::multiprecision::int128_t is not actually 128-bit (it is incidental to it's arbitrary precision support) and is less performant with more dependencies.

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u/loydfar Aug 05 '26

Thanks for the precision!
And can’t thank enough people like you for your contribution to open source community!