Re: Supporting object types in BCMath

Hi Jordan, > Using a BCNum inside a loop is the use case, where every loop would result in memory allocation > for a new object, as well as the overhead of the constructor, etc. > > Granted, only people who REALLY know what they are doing should be doing this. Though my > library which essentially IS a wrapped for BCMath that is upgradeable if you install other > extensions (like ext-decimal) does support both, I suggest using primarily immutables in my docs. > > That said, the C library itself for BCMath is insanely inefficient as far as arbitrary > precision math goes, so I would suggest that people don't get their hopes up too much on the > performance front. I just sent an email, and you're right about performance. Therefore, the point of this proposal seems to be simply to improve convenience. Regards. Saki