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- <p>
- Mixed precision arithmetic is fully supported by the library.
- </p>
- <p>
- There are two different forms:
- </p>
- <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
- <li class="listitem">
- Where the operands are of different precision.
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- Where the operands are of the same precision, but yield a higher precision
- result.
- </li>
- </ul></div>
- <h5>
- <a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.h0"></a>
- <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.mixing_operands_of_differing_pre"></a></span><a class="link" href="mixed.html#boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.mixing_operands_of_differing_pre">Mixing
- Operands of Differing Precision</a>
- </h5>
- <p>
- If the arguments to a binary operator are of different precision, then the
- operation is allowed as long as there is an unambiguous implicit conversion
- from one argument type to the other. In all cases the arithmetic is performed
- "as if" the lower precision type is promoted to the higher precision
- type before applying the operator. However, particular backends may optimise
- this and avoid actually creating a temporary if they are able to do so.
- </p>
- <p>
- For example:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">mpfr_float_50</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">mpfr_float_100</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">static_mpfr_float_50</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">mpz_int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">20</span><span class="special">);</span>
- <span class="identifier">d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// OK, result of operand is an mpfr_float_100.</span>
- <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Error, can't convert the result to an mpfr_float_50 as it will lose digits.</span>
- <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Error, operator is ambiguous, result could be of either type.</span>
- <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">e</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// OK, unambiguous conversion from mpz_int to static_mpfr_float_50</span>
- </pre>
- <h5>
- <a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.h1"></a>
- <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.operands_of_the_same_precision"></a></span><a class="link" href="mixed.html#boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.operands_of_the_same_precision">Operands
- of the Same Precision</a>
- </h5>
- <p>
- Sometimes you want to apply an operator to two arguments of the same precision
- in such a way as to obtain a result of higher precision. The most common
- situation occurs with fixed precision integers, where you want to multiply
- two N-bit numbers to obtain a 2N-bit result. This is supported in this library
- by the following free functions:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Source1</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Source2</span><span class="special">></span>
- <span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Source1</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Source2</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
- <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Source1</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Source2</span><span class="special">></span>
- <span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">subtract</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Source1</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Source2</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
- <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Source1</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Source2</span><span class="special">></span>
- <span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">multiply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ResultType</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Source1</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Source2</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
- </pre>
- <p>
- These functions apply the named operator to the arguments <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span>
- and <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span> and store the result in <span class="emphasis"><em>result</em></span>,
- returning <span class="emphasis"><em>result</em></span>. In all cases they behave "as
- if" arguments <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span> were
- first promoted to type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ResultType</span></code>
- before applying the operator, though particular backends may well avoid that
- step by way of an optimization.
- </p>
- <p>
- The type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ResultType</span></code> must
- be an instance of class <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">number</span></code>,
- and the types <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Source1</span></code> and
- <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Source2</span></code> may be either instances
- of class <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">number</span></code> or native
- integer types. The latter is an optimization that allows arithmetic to be
- performed on native integer types producing an extended precision result.
- </p>
- <p>
- For example:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">cpp_int</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
- <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
- <span class="special">{</span>
- <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint64_t</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint64_t</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">max</span><span class="special">)();</span>
- <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint64_t</span> <span class="identifier">j</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">uint128_t</span> <span class="identifier">ui128</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">uint256_t</span> <span class="identifier">ui256</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="comment">//</span>
- <span class="comment">// Start by performing arithmetic on 64-bit integers to yield 128-bit results:</span>
- <span class="comment">//</span>
- <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">hex</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">showbase</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">hex</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">showbase</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ui128</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">j</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">hex</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">showbase</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">multiply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ui128</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="comment">//</span>
- <span class="comment">// The try squaring a 128-bit integer to yield a 256-bit result:</span>
- <span class="comment">//</span>
- <span class="identifier">ui128</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">uint128_t</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">max</span><span class="special">)();</span>
- <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">hex</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">showbase</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">multiply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ui256</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ui128</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ui128</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="special">}</span>
- </pre>
- <p>
- Produces the output:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">xffffffffffffffff</span>
- <span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">x10000000000000000</span>
- <span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE0000000000000001</span>
- <span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE00000000000000000000000000000001</span>
- </pre>
- <h5>
- <a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.h2"></a>
- <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.backends_with_optimized_mixed_pr"></a></span><a class="link" href="mixed.html#boost_multiprecision.tut.mixed.backends_with_optimized_mixed_pr">Backends
- With Optimized Mixed Precision Arithmetic</a>
- </h5>
- <p>
- The following backends have at least some direct support for mixed precision
- arithmetic, and therefore avoid creating unnecessary temporaries when using
- the interfaces above. Therefore when using these types it's more efficient
- to use mixed precision arithmetic, than it is to explicitly cast the operands
- to the result type:
- </p>
- <p>
- <a class="link" href="floats/mpfr_float.html" title="mpfr_float">mpfr_float</a>,
- <a class="link" href="floats/gmp_float.html" title="gmp_float">gmp_float</a>,
- <a class="link" href="ints/cpp_int.html" title="cpp_int">cpp_int</a>.
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