A contribution to GMP

Marc Glisse marc.glisse at inria.fr
Wed Oct 23 21:11:48 CEST 2013


On Wed, 23 Oct 2013, Lukasz Komsta wrote:

> Dear Developers,
>
> I like using GMP in my research and the main drawback of current library is a 
> very limited set of float functions. I see that implementing these is listed 
> in developing plans.
>
> I have developed a set of following functions and I would like to share code 
> with you and (if possible) to contribute to GMP.

Hello,

thanks for sharing. Are you aware of the MPFR library? GMP's mpf_t type is 
a legacy type and we recommend people use MPFR for new projects. And if 
you are aware of it, how does your code compare, and what are the main 
motivations for sticking with mpf_t?

-- 
Marc Glisse


More information about the gmp-devel mailing list