Re: Extension: arbitrary precision decimal arithmetic in PHP 7

Looks promising! Could it be added to PECL maybe? That would make it easier for people to test :D On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 17:46, Rudi Theunissen <rtheunissen@php.net> wrote: > Actually yes! You mentioned it to me 5 months ago in a thread on Reddit: > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/8fpwi4/if_php_had_a_native_decimal_type_would_you_use_it/dy6zon9/ > > I'll take a close look at GMPi today and compare them objectively. :) > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 7:20 AM Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 6:06 PM Rudi Theunissen <rtheunissen@php.net> > > wrote: > > > I've been working on adding arbitrary precision decimal support as an > > > alternative to *bcmath. *I have created an extension based on > > *mpdecimal*, > > > which is what Python 3's decimal module is also based on. I haven't > > > released or broadcast this project yet, because I wanted to discuss the > > API > > > and implementation with internals first. > > > > > Have you looked at GMPi ? https://github.com/sgolemon/gmpi > > It's a replacement for GMP (which includes floating point and an OOP > > interface). > > > > -Sara > > >