11 Apr
2012
11 Apr
'12
10:29 p.m.
Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
... I understand that providing access to the underlying type open possible extensions, but the internals would be quite complex when managing chunks of words. Should the library be limited to builtin underlying types without chunks?
builtin underlying types is sufficient for anything I've ever needed. If I ever need >64 bits, I can always resort to chunking myself. If chunking can be implemented without substantial cost, then go for it. But, I don't want to pay for what I don't use.