One downside with this current implementation is that since BigInt's
default is now 64 bit, we can convert larger BigInt's to a primitive,
however the current implementation on 32 bit architectures does not
take advantage of this fact.
It is simply defined as `f64` across every platform right now.
A use case hasn't been presented for a `float` type defined as the
highest precision floating point type implemented in hardware on the
platform. Performance-wise, using the smallest precision correct for the
use case greatly saves on cache space and allows for fitting more
numbers into SSE/AVX registers.
If there was a use case, this could be implemented as simply a type
alias or a struct thanks to `#[cfg(...)]`.
Closes#6592
The mailing list thread, for reference:
https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-July/004632.html
Also, documentation & general clean-up:
- remove `gen_char_from`: better served by `sample` or `choose`.
- `gen_bytes` generalised to `gen_vec`.
- `gen_int_range`/`gen_uint_range` merged into `gen_integer_range` and
made to be properly uniformly distributed. Fixes#8644.
Minor adjustments to other functions.
Previously, conversion to ints, uints, and BigUints clamped the value
within the range of that datatype. With this commit, conversion
overflows fail the task. To handle overflows gracefully, use the new
to_*_opt() methods.
The trait will keep the `Iterator` naming, but a more concise module
name makes using the free functions less verbose. The module will define
iterables in addition to iterators, as it deals with iteration in
general.
- use identifiers with underscores to avoid unused variable warning
- implement on R: Rng instead of on R: RngUtil
- bugfix: zero BigInts were being generated twice as often as any
other number
- test that gen_biguint(0) always returns zero
This is a generalization of the vector .rposition() method, to all
double-ended iterators that have the ExactSizeHint trait.
This resolves the slight asymmetry around `position` and `rposition`
* position from front is `vec.iter().position()`
* position from the back was, `vec.rposition()` is now `vec.iter().rposition()`
Additionally, other indexed sequences (only `extra::ringbuf` I think),
will have the same method available once it implements ExactSizeHint.
This removes the stacking of type parameters that occurs when invoking
trait methods, and fixes all places in the standard library that were
relying on it. It is somewhat awkward in places; I think we'll probably
want something like the `Foo::<for T>::new()` syntax.
- Made naming schemes consistent between Option, Result and Either
- Changed Options Add implementation to work like the maybe monad (return None if any of the inputs is None)
- Removed duplicate Option::get and renamed all related functions to use the term `unwrap` instead
