JDK 8 code review request for initial unsigned integer arithmetic library support
Ulf Zibis
Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de
Sat Jan 21 01:53:22 UTC 2012
Am 21.01.2012 01:35, schrieb Joseph Darcy:
> On 1/19/2012 8:05 AM, Ulf Zibis wrote:
>> But again, moving the entire method to BigInteger would additionally avoid to clown around with
>> the available BigInteger's public APIs. Having the method at BigInteger would allow elegant
>> direct access to the private value fields.
>
> If the operation in question starts becoming a bottleneck, these alternate implementations can be
> explored.
But the alternatives for potentially faster algorithms would be limited if you stick BigInteger
toUnsignedBigInteger(long i) to class Long.
-Ulf
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