Re: [multiprecision] why 128 bit numbers isn't used in msvc?
Matt Borland via Boost-users <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:15:44 +0000
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On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 15:09, shar yashuv Giat via Boost-users <[[email protected]](mailto:On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 15:09, shar yashuv Giat via Boost-users <<a href=)> wrote: > msvc added 128 bit numbers(in the header __msvc_int128.hpp). > I know multiprecision uses __128 to improve performance so why doesn't it use msvc version? > it's seems easy to change and will probably improve performance. As far as I know it’s not official supported. If you look through their open GitHub issues they are working on performance improvementsnow: https://github.com/microsoft/STL/issues/2520. Once it is official there is no compelling reason not to use it. Matt _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users