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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Supporting object types in BCMath
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:05:18 +0900
Cc: Barney Laurance <barney@redmagic.org.uk>,
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To: Jordan LeDoux <jordan.ledoux@gmail.com>
From: saki@sakiot.com (Saki Takamachi)

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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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=