std.bigint?

[Paul D. Anderson]

Julian Salazar Wrote:

> Just wondering, is std.bigint still included in the D2 standard library? 
> Yes, the source file is there and the documentation is on the site, but it 
> does not appear on the list of standard library modules on the sidebar for 
> D2 (but unlike the documentation for std.bitarray, which indicates 
> deprecation, the bigint documentation does not). In addition, there are some 
> instances where BigInt is a bit dodgy (for example, it is impossible to do 
> something such as someBigInt % someIntegerVariable for ANY 
> someIntegerVariable type that isn't int, meaning that uint, long, ubyte, 
> etc. all produce errors - I might try figuring out the cause of this and 
> file some bug reports later).
> 
> So is bigint being deprecated in the future or is it just unmaintained?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Julian 
> 

I've written a bug report on the absence of the docs for bigint in the D delivery several releases ago. At first I thought it was a simple oversight, but I have become suspicious...what do they know that we don't???

I know the current implementation (by Janice Caron) has some shortcomings. I thought that someone (Don?) was creating a new implementation, but I don't know if that's true or not.

Paul