[Python-Dev] Google Summer of Code proposal: improvement of long int and adding new types/modules.

[Guido van Rossum]

On 4/21/06, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
> OTOH, the decimal type
> has potentially unbounded precision already, and the math-module
> functions have no idea what to do about that.  Perhaps some non-gonzo
> (straightforward even if far from optimal, and coded in Python)
> arbitrary-precision algorithms would make a decent addition.  For
> example, the Emacs `calc` package uses non-heroic algorithms that are
> fine for casual use.

(Slightly off-topic.) I wonder if the math module would actually be a
good proving ground for generic/overloaded functions. It seems a clean
fit (and even has a few applications for multiple dispatch, probably).

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