Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Extending big_int

[Nicolas C. <war...@fr...>]

> > If there's any concern about the speed of 'big_int_of_int', perhaps it
> > could be optimized by having big_int representations of range
> > -128..128 stored in an array and looking these up in case the input
> > parameter falls into this range.  If the input parameter is out of
> > this range, then the generic 'big_int_of_int' would be used.
>
> Yes, you're right.  To be honest I was getting very frustrated trying
> to write a Miller-Rabin implementation for ExtBig_int, and was
> thinking about moving to Numerix, which is probably what I should have
> used in the first place.  Only problem is that the GODI distribution
> on my laptop is having upgrade problems ...
>
> I'll release what I have at some point and we can discuss whether it's
> worth adding to extlib or not.
>
> Rich.

I personaly never had the use for Bigints, so I might not the best to decide
whatever extensions are needed or not. Does some other people here already
felt frustrated with current Bigint API ?

Nicolas