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Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats |
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:56:25 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> As for the feature itself, I'm not sure whether I like it.
>> Could someone explain exactly what's the rationale behind this
>> (e.g. a typical use case), what alternatives were considered, etc...?
> Vincent explained this to me, but I expect he'll come along and do a
> better job explaining than I can.
Is he reading this thread?
>> E.g. an "obvious" alternative would be to add builtin "big floats" via
>> libgmp or some such.
> Using libgmp in Emacs has been discussed in the past, but as I recall
> hasn't had much support.
It hasn't had much support indeed, mostly for lack of interest
in bignums. But if we decide bignums deserve some C code, then maybe
libgmp would be a good idea. Then again, without knowing the whys and
hows, it's hard to tell.
Stefan
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Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Jay Belanger, 2009/10/22
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, James Cloos, 2009/10/22
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/22
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Jay Belanger, 2009/10/24
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats,
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- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, David Kastrup, 2009/10/25
- RE: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Vincent Belaïche, 2009/10/25
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Chong Yidong, 2009/10/25
- RE: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Vincent Belaïche, 2009/10/25
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/25
- RE: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Vincent Belaïche, 2009/10/26
- Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/26
Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/25
Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/10/25
Large files (was: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats), Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/25