Re: Code for converting between Elisp and Calc floats

[Jay Belanger]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> As for the feature itself, I'm not sure whether I like it.
> Could someone explain exactly what's the rationale behind this
> (e.g. a typical use case), what alternatives were considered, etc...?

Vincent explained this to me, but I expect he'll come along and do a
better job explaining than I can.

> E.g. an "obvious" alternative would be to add builtin "big floats" via
> libgmp or some such.

Using libgmp in Emacs has been discussed in the past, but as I recall
hasn't had much support.

Jay