Remove builtin `bigint` type and move it to stdlib #14

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opened 2025-12-19 05:20:44 -05:00 by Ghost · 1 comment

Ghost commented

2025-12-19 05:20:44 -05:00

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Similar to the complex type in #13, the bigint type isn't used frequently enough to justify having it as a builtin, especially when it can be implemented using the other language features in the stdlib. Additionally, this opens up the possibility of having more arbitrary precision types, like BigRat, in the same stdlib module(s).

This will also remove the complexity of bigints in ranges and other places where they were previously used but their implementation was unclear.

Similar to the `complex` type in #13, the `bigint` type isn't used frequently enough to justify having it as a builtin, especially when it can be implemented using the other language features in the stdlib. Additionally, this opens up the possibility of having more arbitrary precision types, like BigRat, in the same stdlib module(s). This will also remove the complexity of `bigint`s in ranges and other places where they were previously used but their implementation was unclear.

Ghost commented

2025-12-19 18:14:11 -05:00

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bigint builtin was removed in 3fa937d1c5

`bigint` builtin was removed in 3fa937d1c54bcbaba20343487cb5a03422f06622