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Design of internal functions taking out parameters (`addition`, `additionInt`, etc.)

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The internal functions currently take a `var BigInt` argument as first parameter, which is used to store the result (essentially an out parameter). I suppose that is so that a...

konsumlamm

JS backend

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I experimented a bit with running the tests on the JS backend, but I came to the conclusion that this is currently not viable. The problem is https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/4714: 64 bit...

konsumlamm

roadmap for next versions of BigInts (>=0.6.0)

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It has been almost a year since last release of BigInts. I would like to prioritize issues, and know which features are expected for the next release (next tag) of...

dlesnoff

[Feature Request] Implement fast multiplication (Karatsuba, Tom-Cook, FFT)

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As written in the Readme.md file, we need to implement fast multiplication to improve many different algorithms (at once). I prefer to write a Github issue, as it is easier...

dlesnoff

Why is this library not expected to work on 32 bit?

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The readme states this under [Current limitations and possible enhancements](https://github.com/nim-lang/bigints#current-limitations-and-possible-enhancements), but I don't see any obvious reason why this is the case. Could anyone elaborate on what exactly breaks on...

konsumlamm

Consider extracting the first limb into a separate field

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Currently, `BigInt` is defined as follows: ```nim type BigInt* = object limbs: seq[uint32] isNegative: bool ``` It has the invariant that `limbs.len >= 1`. It might be worth it changing...

konsumlamm

Feature request: toBiggestInt

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I need to convert `BigInt` to `float64` and I'm not sure I'm qualified to implement it. I'm using this: ```nim proc toBiggestFloat(a: BigInt): BiggestFloat = for i in countdown(a.limbs.high, 0):...

ghost

Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 5 to 6. Release notes Sourced from actions/checkout's releases. v6.0.0 What's Changed Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by @​salmanmkc in actions/checkout#2248 Persist...

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