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Message-ID: <20250321125132.GI1827@brightrain.aerifal.cx>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:51:33 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: newbie nullzwei <newbie-02@....de>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: 128-bit integer I/O
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 11:20:00AM +0000, newbie nullzwei wrote:
>
> hello @ all,
>
> not very familiar with musl I'd see a thread about 128-bit integers
> from ~2023-05. Among other it states:
>
> > Nobody has been asking to be able to printf 128-bit numbers in
> > decimal. They've been asking to be able to use 128- or even 256-bit
> > integers in vector ops, crypto math, ipv6 routing, etc.
>
> For me it's odd to have a datatype without adequate I/O, but I found
> none qualified on the web, thus - tried to - roll(ed) my own.
We don't have the datatype, intentionally, for the reason you say. It
may be available as a compiler extension prefixed by __, but it's not
in the scope of the interfaces musl offers.
Rich
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