Re: Add bcdivmod() to BCMath

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, at 9:11 AM, Saki Takamachi wrote: > Hi internals, > > I've been working on improving performance of BCMath lately, and I > found that I can get the div and mod in one calculation. This is > obviously faster than calculating it twice separately. > > Do you think there's a demand for this feature? > > e.g. > ``` > [$quot, $rem] = bcdivmod('123', '2'); > // $quot is '61', $rem is '1' > ``` > > The naming and return value scheme is inspired by Python and Ruby. > > Of course, if this is added, equivalent functionality will be added to > the Number class. > > Regards, > > Saki This isn't something I'm likely to ever use as I don't do complex math much, but it seems like a reasonable optimization for those that do. No objection. My only question is the pseudo-tuple return, which is rarely used in PHP (although I've used it myself, I think exactly once), and I think this would be the first use of it in a built in library. (I may be wrong on that.) I don't have a particular alternative to suggest, just flagging that as the main part that could warrant discussion. --Larry Garfield