Re: Seeking Endorsement: Boost.int128

Matt Borland via Boost <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel
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> I endorse (u)int128.
> 


Thank you Chris.

> It should be a library, on its own, and be
> separate from Boost.Core.
> 

> Its purpose is to provide (u)int128_t for
> all platforms, and is seamless if the
> platform already has 128.
> 

> It is not a Multiprecision type. In fact,
> it much more closely resembles (u)int64_t
> (which is also kind of new in my world)
> 

> Clients of Boost.Multiprecision will
> hopefully not confuse this with a synthesized
> Multiprecision type. If confusion exists, it can
> easily be cleared up in ensuing chats or issues.
> 


I've opened an issue to explain why this is separate, and should stay separate from Multiprecision.

Matt

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