-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/2010 02:03 AM, Scott McMurray wrote:
And in exchange, every function in the library that uses the internals of the integer -- and there are several -- would need to have special-case handling for small numbers. Not worth the trade-off.
And don't they already need it for your "quick digits"?
No. There's a "digits" pointer; I just point it to the small QuickDigits array, and only the allocation and deallocation functions need to know anything about its existence. Everything else just uses whatever "digits" points to, either the QuickDigits array or an allocated one. After restructuring the code, there won't be any need for a separate QuickDigits array to prevent a second allocation -- a single allocation will be sufficient. Or even no allocations, if I put a small array in the main integer class itself for small numbers; but again, that would be wasted space for anything larger. - -- Chad Nelson Oak Circle Software, Inc. * * * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvEDnIACgkQp9x9jeZ9/wTLFQCfV+AXuxqmA+ocH2FloKd4VLBT y8oAoK4Sqn9FPpFt2e7HohnGxfD+IXaP =PX5k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----