nim-lang
Why is this library not expected to work on 32 bit?
The readme states this under 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 32 bit platforms?
I am assuming that is because in operations like realUnsignedAddition and multiplication you use a tmp variable that is a uint64 and I would not expect that to be available on a 32-bit architecture
I've never heard of uint64 not being available on 32 bit platforms, it'll just be slower (since it's stored as two 32 bit values).
You are right. That was my assumption, so maybe it works on a 32 bit system or it has another issue. What I can tell you is that I created that line in the readme starting from a todo file (now removed), saying "fix the library in 32 bit". See https://github.com/nim-lang/bigints/pull/32/files
Maybe @def- knows more about this?
I think I added that since I found some bugs when running it on 32bit, I assume wrong results. But haven't tried in a while obviously, so not sure what the status is.
I think I added that since I found some bugs when running it on 32bit, I assume wrong results. But haven't tried in a while obviously, so not sure what the status is.
Do you remember any specific examples that didn't work? If not, I don't think it makes much sense to keep the note about 32 bit.