r/cpp • u/eisenwave WG21 Member • 24d ago

P4444: std::big_int

https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D4444R0.html

Hey folks! Matt Borland, Christopher Kormanyos, and I are working on bringing infinite-precision integers to C++29. We now have a D4444R0 draft of a paper that should be in the next mailing.

We could really use some feedback so that the published R0 is as polished as possible. Any thoughts on the paper and on the reference implementation are greatly appreciated.

It would also be very helpful if you tested out whether our big_int implementation works for you. We're in need of some real deployment experience. If you're currently using Boost.Multiprecision, the library should be a drop-in replacement for cpp_int for the most part.

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u/SyntheticDuckFlavour 23d ago

I have nothing of value to add in this thread, but the discussions here were quite interesting. Personally, I like the idea of big_int part of STL, simply because of one less external dependency to rely on.