Bug 14673 – BigInt needs more performance and total revision

Status
NEW
Severity
enhancement
Priority
P4
Component
phobos
Product
D
Version
D2
Platform
All
OS
All
Creation time
2015-06-09T19:20:29Z
Last change time
2024-12-01T16:24:39Z
Keywords
performance
Assigned to
No Owner
Creator
dennis.m.ritchie
See also
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17746
Moved to GitHub: phobos#10132 →

Comments

Comment #0 by dennis.m.ritchie — 2015-06-09T19:20:29Z
I have repeatedly tested the `BigInt` from D to other languages for speed. And D often loses, so I think that `std.bigint` need to better optimize! Andrei writes: "BigInt should use reference counting. Its current approach to allocating new memory for everything is a liability." From D Programming Language - Community - General - DIP80: phobos additions: http://forum.dlang.org/post/[email protected]
Comment #1 by robert.schadek — 2024-12-01T16:24:39Z
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB https://github.com/dlang/phobos/issues/10132 DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB