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u256 on top of u128 #71

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k06a opened this issue Jan 4, 2022 · 2 comments
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u256 on top of u128 #71

k06a opened this issue Jan 4, 2022 · 2 comments

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@k06a
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k06a commented Jan 4, 2022

Why not to build u256 on top of u128? Implementation will be the same as u128 on top of u64. Implementation can even be templated by subtype.
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MaxGraey commented Jan 4, 2022

I wasn't done for performance reasons. as-bignum exclusively focused on perf. Building over u128 will cause to significant overhead

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k06a commented Jan 4, 2022

@MaxGraey agree, but I would prefer to have working implementation first and optimized shipped with update.

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