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1package bigint;
2require 5.005;
3
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6@ISA = qw( Exporter );
7@EXPORT_OK = qw( );
8@EXPORT = qw( inf NaN );
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9
10use strict;
11use overload;
12
13##############################################################################
14
15# These are all alike, and thus faked by AUTOLOAD
16
17my @faked = qw/round_mode accuracy precision div_scale/;
18use vars qw/$VERSION $AUTOLOAD $_lite/; # _lite for testsuite
19
20sub AUTOLOAD
21 {
22 my $name = $AUTOLOAD;
23
24 $name =~ s/.*:://; # split package
25 no strict 'refs';
26 foreach my $n (@faked)
27 {
28 if ($n eq $name)
29 {
30 *{"bigint::$name"} = sub
31 {
32 my $self = shift;
33 no strict 'refs';
34 if (defined $_[0])
35 {
36 Math::BigInt->$name($_[0]);
37 }
38 return Math::BigInt->$name();
39 };
40 return &$name;
41 }
42 }
43
44 # delayed load of Carp and avoid recursion
45 require Carp;
46 Carp::croak ("Can't call bigint\-\>$name, not a valid method");
47 }
48
49sub upgrade
50 {
51 my $self = shift;
52 no strict 'refs';
53# if (defined $_[0])
54# {
55# $Math::BigInt::upgrade = $_[0];
56# }
57 return $Math::BigInt::upgrade;
58 }
59
60sub _constant
61 {
62 # this takes a floating point constant string and returns it truncated to
63 # integer. For instance, '4.5' => '4', '1.234e2' => '123' etc
64 my $float = shift;
65
66 # some simple cases first
67 return $float if ($float =~ /^[+-]?[0-9]+$/); # '+123','-1','0' etc
68 return $float
69 if ($float =~ /^[+-]?[0-9]+\.?[eE]\+?[0-9]+$/); # 123e2, 123.e+2
70 return '0' if ($float =~ /^[+-]?[0]*\.[0-9]+$/); # .2, 0.2, -.1
71 if ($float =~ /^[+-]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]*$/) # 1., 1.23, -1.2 etc
72 {
73 $float =~ s/\..*//;
74 return $float;
75 }
76 my ($mis,$miv,$mfv,$es,$ev) = Math::BigInt::_split(\$float);
77 return $float if !defined $mis; # doesn't look like a number to me
78 my $ec = int($$ev);
79 my $sign = $$mis; $sign = '' if $sign eq '+';
80 if ($$es eq '-')
81 {
82 # ignore fraction part entirely
83 if ($ec >= length($$miv)) # 123.23E-4
84 {
85 return '0';
86 }
87 return $sign . substr ($$miv,0,length($$miv)-$ec); # 1234.45E-2 = 12
88 }
89 # xE+y
90 if ($ec >= length($$mfv))
91 {
92 $ec -= length($$mfv);
93 return $sign.$$miv.$$mfv if $ec == 0; # 123.45E+2 => 12345
94 return $sign.$$miv.$$mfv.'E'.$ec; # 123.45e+3 => 12345e1
95 }
96 $mfv = substr($$mfv,0,$ec);
97 return $sign.$$miv.$mfv; # 123.45e+1 => 1234
98 }
99
100sub import
101 {
102 my $self = shift;
103
104 # some defaults
105 my $lib = 'Calc';
106
107 my @import = ( ':constant' ); # drive it w/ constant
108 my @a = @_; my $l = scalar @_; my $j = 0;
109 my ($ver,$trace); # version? trace?
110 my ($a,$p); # accuracy, precision
111 for ( my $i = 0; $i < $l ; $i++,$j++ )
112 {
113 if ($_[$i] =~ /^(l|lib)$/)
114 {
115 # this causes a different low lib to take care...
116 $lib = $_[$i+1] || '';
117 my $s = 2; $s = 1 if @a-$j < 2; # avoid "can not modify non-existant..."
118 splice @a, $j, $s; $j -= $s; $i++;
119 }
120 elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(a|accuracy)$/)
121 {
122 $a = $_[$i+1];
123 my $s = 2; $s = 1 if @a-$j < 2; # avoid "can not modify non-existant..."
124 splice @a, $j, $s; $j -= $s; $i++;
125 }
126 elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(p|precision)$/)
127 {
128 $p = $_[$i+1];
129 my $s = 2; $s = 1 if @a-$j < 2; # avoid "can not modify non-existant..."
130 splice @a, $j, $s; $j -= $s; $i++;
131 }
132 elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(v|version)$/)
133 {
134 $ver = 1;
135 splice @a, $j, 1; $j --;
136 }
137 elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(t|trace)$/)
138 {
139 $trace = 1;
140 splice @a, $j, 1; $j --;
141 }
142 else { die "unknown option $_[$i]"; }
143 }
144 my $class;
145 $_lite = 0; # using M::BI::L ?
146 if ($trace)
147 {
148 require Math::BigInt::Trace; $class = 'Math::BigInt::Trace';
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149 }
150 else
151 {
152 # see if we can find Math::BigInt::Lite
153 if (!defined $a && !defined $p) # rounding won't work to well
154 {
155 eval 'require Math::BigInt::Lite;';
156 if ($@ eq '')
157 {
158 @import = ( ); # :constant in Lite, not MBI
159 Math::BigInt::Lite->import( ':constant' );
160 $_lite= 1; # signal okay
161 }
162 }
163 require Math::BigInt if $_lite == 0; # not already loaded?
164 $class = 'Math::BigInt'; # regardless of MBIL or not
165 }
166 # Math::BigInt::Trace or plain Math::BigInt
167 $class->import(@import, lib => $lib);
168
169 bigint->accuracy($a) if defined $a;
170 bigint->precision($p) if defined $p;
171 if ($ver)
172 {
173 print "bigint\t\t\t v$VERSION\n";
174 print "Math::BigInt::Lite\t v$Math::BigInt::Lite::VERSION\n" if $_lite;
175 print "Math::BigInt\t\t v$Math::BigInt::VERSION";
176 my $config = Math::BigInt->config();
177 print " lib => $config->{lib} v$config->{lib_version}\n";
178 exit;
179 }
180 # we take care of floating point constants, since BigFloat isn't available
181 # and BigInt doesn't like them:
182 overload::constant float => sub { Math::BigInt->new( _constant(shift) ); };
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183
184 $self->export_to_level(1,$self,@a); # export inf and NaN
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185 }
186
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187sub inf () { Math::BigInt->binf(); }
188sub NaN () { Math::BigInt->bnan(); }
189
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1901;
191
192__END__
193
194=head1 NAME
195
b4bc5691 196bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
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197
198=head1 SYNOPSIS
199
200 use bignt;
201
202 $x = 2 + 4.5,"\n"; # BigInt 6
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203 print 2 ** 512,"\n"; # really is what you think it is
204 print inf + 42,"\n"; # inf
205 print NaN * 7,"\n"; # NaN
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206
207=head1 DESCRIPTION
208
209All operators (including basic math operations) are overloaded. Integer
210constants are created as proper BigInts.
211
212Floating point constants are truncated to integer. All results are also
213trunctaed.
214
215=head2 OPTIONS
216
217bigint recognizes some options that can be passed while loading it via use.
218The options can (currently) be either a single letter form, or the long form.
219The following options exist:
220
221=over 2
222
223=item a or accuracy
224
225This sets the accuracy for all math operations. The argument must be greater
226than or equal to zero. See Math::BigInt's bround() function for details.
227
228 perl -Mbigint=a,2 -le 'print 12345+1'
229
230=item p or precision
231
232This sets the precision for all math operations. The argument can be any
233integer. Negative values mean a fixed number of digits after the dot, and
234are <B>ignored</B> since all operations happen in integer space.
235A positive value rounds to this digit left from the dot. 0 or 1 mean round to
236integer and are ignore like negative values.
237
238See Math::BigInt's bfround() function for details.
239
240 perl -Mbignum=p,5 -le 'print 123456789+123'
241
242=item t or trace
243
244This enables a trace mode and is primarily for debugging bigint or
245Math::BigInt.
246
247=item l or lib
248
249Load a different math lib, see L<MATH LIBRARY>.
250
251 perl -Mbigint=l,GMP -e 'print 2 ** 512'
252
253Currently there is no way to specify more than one library on the command
254line. This will be hopefully fixed soon ;)
255
256=item v or version
257
258This prints out the name and version of all modules used and then exits.
259
260 perl -Mbigint=v -e ''
261
262=head2 MATH LIBRARY
263
264Math with the numbers is done (by default) by a module called
265Math::BigInt::Calc. This is equivalent to saying:
266
267 use bigint lib => 'Calc';
268
269You can change this by using:
270
271 use bigint lib => 'BitVect';
272
273The following would first try to find Math::BigInt::Foo, then
274Math::BigInt::Bar, and when this also fails, revert to Math::BigInt::Calc:
275
276 use bigint lib => 'Foo,Math::BigInt::Bar';
277
278Please see respective module documentation for further details.
279
280=head2 INTERNAL FORMAT
281
282The numbers are stored as objects, and their internals might change at anytime,
283especially between math operations. The objects also might belong to different
284classes, like Math::BigInt, or Math::BigInt::Lite. Mixing them together, even
285with normal scalars is not extraordinary, but normal and expected.
286
287You should not depend on the internal format, all accesses must go through
288accessor methods. E.g. looking at $x->{sign} is not a bright idea since there
289is no guaranty that the object in question has such a hash key, nor is a hash
290underneath at all.
291
292=head2 SIGN
293
294The sign is either '+', '-', 'NaN', '+inf' or '-inf' and stored seperately.
295You can access it with the sign() method.
296
297A sign of 'NaN' is used to represent the result when input arguments are not
298numbers or as a result of 0/0. '+inf' and '-inf' represent plus respectively
299minus infinity. You will get '+inf' when dividing a positive number by 0, and
300'-inf' when dividing any negative number by 0.
301
302=head2 METHODS
303
304Since all numbers are now objects, you can use all functions that are part of
305the BigInt API. You can only use the bxxx() notation, and not the fxxx()
306notation, though.
307
308=head1 MODULES USED
309
310C<bigint> is just a thin wrapper around various modules of the Math::BigInt
311family. Think of it as the head of the family, who runs the shop, and orders
312the others to do the work.
313
314The following modules are currently used by bigint:
315
316 Math::BigInt::Lite (for speed, and only if it is loadable)
317 Math::BigInt
318
319=head1 EXAMPLES
320
321Some cool command line examples to impress the Python crowd ;) You might want
322to compare them to the results under -Mbignum or -Mbigrat:
323
324 perl -Mbigint -le 'print sqrt(33)'
325 perl -Mbigint -le 'print 2*255'
326 perl -Mbigint -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
327 perl -Mbigint -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
328 perl -Mbigint -le 'print 123->is_odd()'
329 perl -Mbigint -le 'print log(2)'
330 perl -Mbigint -le 'print 2 ** 0.5'
331 perl -Mbigint=a,65 -le 'print 2 ** 0.2'
332
333=head1 LICENSE
334
335This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
336the same terms as Perl itself.
337
338=head1 SEE ALSO
339
340Especially L<bigrat> as in C<perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 1/3+1/4'> and
341L<bignum> as in C<perl -Mbignum -le 'print sqrt(2)'>.
342
343L<Math::BigInt>, L<Math::BigRat> and L<Math::Big> as well
344as L<Math::BigInt::BitVect>, L<Math::BigInt::Pari> and L<Math::BigInt::GMP>.
345
346=head1 AUTHORS
347
348(C) by Tels L<http://bloodgate.com/> in early 2002.
349
350=cut