From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Tom Tromey via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
Cc: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>,
"Zaric, Zoran (Zare)" <Zoran.Zaric@amd.com>,
Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Subject: Re: gmp's c++ interface / mpz_class
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:34:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y1aUfuRM/Vf+KY4Q@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt9ujrgw.fsf@tromey.com>
> Pedro> In gdb/gmp-utils.h. However, we need do to arithmetic on the type, and this wrapper
> Pedro> type doesn't implement operator+, operator-, etc, etc. I guess we could add those,
> Pedro> as wrappers around mpz_add, etc. Or use raw mpz_add, etc. directly. However, I just found
> Pedro> out that GMP already has its own C++ interface:
>
> Pedro> https://gmplib.org/manual/C_002b_002b-Interface-General
>
> Pedro> Before we explore this further, is there an already known reason we shouldn't be using
> Pedro> that interface?
>
> I feel sure Joel and I have talked about it, but I don't remember what
> reason there was any more.
Yes, we talked about it for sure, and decided against it, but I don't
remember the reasons, unfortunately :-(.
> The warning in the manual is a bit
> off-putting, though:
>
> *Everything described in this chapter is to be considered preliminary
> and might be subject to incompatible changes if some unforeseen
> difficulty reveals itself.*
I do remember this comment played a part.
--
Joel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-24 13:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-14 18:11 Pedro Alves
2022-10-14 20:42 ` Pedro Alves
2022-10-19 10:28 ` Florian Weimer
2022-10-17 10:44 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-17 11:29 ` Pedro Alves
2022-10-17 17:21 ` Tom Tromey
2022-10-24 13:34 ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
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