Re: Bug-gmp digest, Vol 1 #196 - 4 msgs

[Kevin Ryde]

Kim-Ee Yeoh <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > From: "David T. Ashley" <address@hidden>
> > 
> > d)The sheer number of source files involved.
> 
> A non-issue.  Breaking up the code into natural chunks actually helps
> understanding and maintaining the library. 

The linker won't split up object files, hence one function per file,
so a program only gets what it actually uses.  (This is pretty
standard I think.)

> Sure, the code could do with more documentation, certainly on the
> technical aspects and reasons for a particular choice of algorithm.

The next release will have a chapter in the manual about the
algorithms used, and when and why.

As far as the sources go, it can only be emphasised that the code is
code and not a tutorial introduction to either multiprecision in
general, nor the particular algorithms.