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Implement conversion between GAP large integers and Julia BigInt #116

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fingolfin opened this issue Nov 1, 2018 · 2 comments
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Implement conversion between GAP large integers and Julia BigInt #116

fingolfin opened this issue Nov 1, 2018 · 2 comments
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@fingolfin fingolfin added the kind: enhancement New feature or request label Nov 1, 2018
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In addition, it might be useful to add methods for == and < and perhaps others which compare a GAP large integer and a Julia bigint; this can be implemented more efficiently than a conversion.

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Note that internally, a Julia BigInt looks like a GMP mpz_t (and uses GMP). That means we can adapt existing conversion functions from GAP resp. from e.g. NormalizInterface

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