[Dlang-internal] I need cent and ucent to be implemented soon

[ryuukk_]

On Friday, 24 December 2021 at 23:52:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/3/2019 9:28 PM, Murilo wrote:
>> Hi guys, I am writing a program what will use very big 
>> numbers, when will you guys implement cent and ucent?
>
> If someone wants to pick up the flag for this, the way to do it 
> is:
>
>     struct Cent
>     {
> 	long lsl, msl;
>     }
>
> followed by a function for each operator:
>
>     Cent add(Cent op1, Cent op2) { ... }
>     ...
>
> The compiler can then access these as builtin functions to 
> implement cent in the compiler.
>
> Who wants to do it?

I didn't know what ``cent`` was, then someone in the IRC 
mentioned ``big int``

I think that is one of the baggage from C that it not worth 
keeping for the long term

If were to add a new type, why not start fresh and put some 
consistency, i propose doing what C++/Rust/Swift/Zig and other 
language did, prefix with integer/unsigned following by the size

So we know exactly what type we are talking about, on top of its 
size!

I personally think this is worth pursuing for the long term, some 
consistency, with some identity!

We could start with just some basic aliases in ``object.d``, then 
eventually make them officially supported so  targets like 
-betterC could have them, of maybe directly supporting them is 
the play!

What do you guys think?