SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
> Simon Josefsson <jas(a)pdc.kth.se> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> ...
> >> > Would everything break if we link with GMP (a GNU multiple precision
> >> > library which is quite efficient) for the integer stuff?
> >>
> >> That would be cool, but it's a project definitely more complex than
> >> just "linking with GMP".
>
> > Ok. I'll start by looking around for MP-libraries in elisp, or writing
> > one from scratch, instead.
>
> > Still, native MP functionality in XEmacs would be very nice, and I was
> > surprised it didn't already exist.
>
> While it may look like it at a casual glance, XEmacs does not link
> against every library in Known Space. :-)
>
> If you're interested in adding this capability, take a look at
> src/database.c which links against libdb and kin, and src/eldap.c
> which links against libldap for examples.
Also look at modules/base64/base64.c on how to do something like this as
a module. :) Sorry, but I want to see it stressed out. :)
-Bill P.