"Marcin Kaliciñski" <kalita@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message news:d4p70d$1jd$1@sea.gmane.org...
Tracking the disussion on n1774 'Big integer library proposal for C++0x' I see there is a lot of controversy about it, and it will probably need much tweaking before (if ever) it is accepted.
Wouldn't that be a good idea to have a big integer added to boost so that we can create a 'working practice' before anything gets standarised?
It would be very great :) I have been working on a big integer library, and already showed a preliminary version here at boost, but I haven't had the time to really finish it. I'm graduating in a month, and hope to have some spare time then. See for the initial discussion http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg04191.php and a recent discussion http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg79916.php.
I have some preliminary source code, some spare time, and would volunteer to work on it if there's enough interest.
Of course, don't let previous work stand in the way. I would love to hear new insights, so that the best possible proposal is made. best regards, Richard Peters