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11 //! Utility functions for bignums that don't make too much sense to turn into methods.
13 // FIXME This module's name is a bit unfortunate, since other modules also import `core::num`.
15 use cmp::Ordering::{self, Less, Equal, Greater};
17 pub use num::bignum::Big32x40 as Big;
19 /// Test whether truncating all bits less significant than `ones_place` introduces
20 /// a relative error less, equal, or greater than 0.5 ULP.
21 pub fn compare_with_half_ulp(f: &Big, ones_place: usize) -> Ordering {
25 let half_bit = ones_place - 1;
26 if f.get_bit(half_bit) == 0 {
30 // If all remaining bits are zero, it's = 0.5 ULP, otherwise > 0.5
31 // If there are no more bits (half_bit == 0), the below also correctly returns Equal.
32 for i in 0..half_bit {
33 if f.get_bit(i) == 1 {
40 /// Convert an ASCII string containing only decimal digits to a `u64`.
42 /// Does not perform checks for overflow or invalid characters, so if the caller is not careful,
43 /// the result is bogus and can panic (though it won't be `unsafe`). Additionally, empty strings
44 /// are treated as zero. This function exists because
46 /// 1. using `FromStr` on `&[u8]` requires `from_utf8_unchecked`, which is bad, and
47 /// 2. piecing together the results of `integral.parse()` and `fractional.parse()` is
48 /// more complicated than this entire function.
49 pub fn from_str_unchecked<'a, T>(bytes: T) -> u64 where T : IntoIterator<Item=&'a u8> {
52 result = result * 10 + (c - b'0') as u64;
57 /// Convert a string of ASCII digits into a bignum.
59 /// Like `from_str_unchecked`, this function relies on the parser to weed out non-digits.
60 pub fn digits_to_big(integral: &[u8], fractional: &[u8]) -> Big {
61 let mut f = Big::from_small(0);
62 for &c in integral.iter().chain(fractional) {
63 let n = (c - b'0') as u32;
70 /// Unwraps a bignum into a 64 bit integer. Panics if the number is too large.
71 pub fn to_u64(x: &Big) -> u64 {
72 assert!(x.bit_length() < 64);
77 (d[1] as u64) << 32 | d[0] as u64
82 /// Extract a range of bits.
84 /// Index 0 is the least significant bit and the range is half-open as usual.
85 /// Panics if asked to extract more bits than fit into the return type.
86 pub fn get_bits(x: &Big, start: usize, end: usize) -> u64 {
87 assert!(end - start <= 64);
88 let mut result: u64 = 0;
89 for i in (start..end).rev() {
90 result = result << 1 | x.get_bit(i) as u64;