• ryuukk_ (8/8) Nov 27 2023 Literally the worst idea ever, is this javascript?
• Kagamin (11/11) Nov 27 2023 That's tame, I have a module that defines
• Sergey (20/21) Nov 27 2023 This is a new module. Some (quite short) time ago there was even
• Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole (4/6) Nov 27 2023 Big integers require memory allocations. They are a completely unrelated...
• Walter Bright (3/6) Nov 28 2023 You can find halffloat here:
• IGotD- (4/12) Nov 27 2023 Question, because int128 is a library type, does it mean that the
• Daniel N (2/7) Nov 27 2023 In dmd maybe, but ldc/gdc can use native backend type, iirc.
• Alexandru Ermicioi (4/5) Nov 27 2023 If you'd get IDE integration to auto import the module, I don't

ryuukk_ <ryuukk.dev gmail.com> writes:

Literally the worst idea ever, is this javascript?

Don't make people want to choose something else 
https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#toc-Primitive-Types

A module for a database driver? yes

A module for abstracting networking? yes

A module for formatting text? yes

A module for primitive types? NO, stop everything you do and 
think about the purpose of your language

Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:

That's tame, I have a module that defines
```
/// Signed integer of pointer size
alias ptrdiff_t intp;
/// Unsigned integer of pointer size
alias size_t uintp;
/// Signed integer of byte size
alias byte tiny;
/// Unsigned integer of byte size
alias ubyte utiny;
```

Sergey <kornburn yandex.ru> writes:

On Monday, 27 November 2023 at 12:20:23 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
 Literally the worst idea ever, is this javascript?

This is a new module. Some (quite short) time ago there was even 
no any support for i128.
And support of this type is quite new for all languages (not only 
for D): 
https://forums.swift.org/t/status-check-int128-uint128/67694

And I'm not sure this module should be imported for everyone by 
default. If it adds size into binary and some complexity into 
internals, while usage of i128 not so common..
So first of all - keep calm, add more technical knowledge, 
instead of impulsive ranting.

There is also BigInt which is usually going into a separate 
module in many languages.

But I agree that numeric types could be revisited and improved - 
probably into one module: Numerics with separate sub-modules 
(i128, f16, f8, BigInt, etc).

As I already mentioned in Discord half-float (bad name btw) which 
is usually called float16 was ready for merge - but then some 
strange comments for PR about process and other bs.. and the code 
just became abandoned and forgotten.

"Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole" <richard cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 28/11/2023 1:54 AM, Sergey wrote:
 There is also BigInt which is usually going into a separate module in 
 many languages.

Big integers require memory allocations. They are a completely unrelated 
in terms of implementation to 128bit integer types which can be 
implemented using pretty simple instructions comparatively.

Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:

On 11/27/2023 4:54 AM, Sergey wrote:
 As I already mentioned in Discord half-float (bad name btw) which is usually 
 called float16 was ready for merge - but then some strange comments for PR
about 
 process and other bs.. and the code just became abandoned and forgotten.

You can find halffloat here:

https://github.com/DigitalMars/sargon/blob/master/src/sargon/halffloat.d

IGotD- <nise nise.com> writes:

On Monday, 27 November 2023 at 12:20:23 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
 Literally the worst idea ever, is this javascript?

 Don't make people want to choose something else 
 https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#toc-Primitive-Types

 A module for a database driver? yes

 A module for abstracting networking? yes

 A module for formatting text? yes

 A module for primitive types? NO, stop everything you do and 
 think about the purpose of your language

Question, because int128 is a library type, does it mean that the 
code is less optimized compared to if the int128 would be a built 
in type?

Daniel N <no public.email> writes:

On Monday, 27 November 2023 at 13:01:12 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
 On Monday, 27 November 2023 at 12:20:23 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
 Literally the worst idea ever, is this javascript?

 Question, because int128 is a library type, does it mean that 
 the code is less optimized compared to if the int128 would be a 
 built in type?

In dmd maybe, but ldc/gdc can use native backend type, iirc.

Alexandru Ermicioi <alexandru.ermicioi gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 27 November 2023 at 12:20:23 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
 Literally the worst idea ever, is this javascript?

If you'd get IDE integration to auto import the module, I don't 
think it would be a problem, unless it is a forever one line 
module.