NAME

Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt

SYNOPSIS

Provides support for big integer calculations. Not intended to be used by other modules. Other modules which sport the same functions can also be used to support Math::BigInt, like Math::BigInt::GMP or Math::BigInt::Pari.

DESCRIPTION

In order to allow for multiple big integer libraries, Math::BigInt was rewritten to use library modules for core math routines. Any module which follows the same API as this can be used instead by using the following:

	use Math::BigInt lib => 'libname';

'libname' is either the long name ('Math::BigInt::Pari'), or only the short version like 'Pari'.

STORAGE

METHODS

The following functions MUST be defined in order to support the use by Math::BigInt v1.70 or later:

	api_version()	return API version, minimum 1 for v1.70
	_new(string)	return ref to new object from ref to decimal string
	_zero()		return a new object with value 0
	_one()		return a new object with value 1
	_two()		return a new object with value 2
	_ten()		return a new object with value 10

	_str(obj)	return ref to a string representing the object
	_num(obj)	returns a Perl integer/floating point number
			NOTE: because of Perl numeric notation defaults,
			the _num'ified obj may lose accuracy due to 
			machine-dependend floating point size limitations
                    
	_add(obj,obj)	Simple addition of two objects
	_mul(obj,obj)	Multiplication of two objects
	_div(obj,obj)	Division of the 1st object by the 2nd
			In list context, returns (result,remainder).
			NOTE: this is integer math, so no
			fractional part will be returned.
			The second operand will be not be 0, so no need to
			check for that.
	_sub(obj,obj)	Simple subtraction of 1 object from another
			a third, optional parameter indicates that the params
			are swapped. In this case, the first param needs to
			be preserved, while you can destroy the second.
			sub (x,y,1) => return x - y and keep x intact!
	_dec(obj)	decrement object by one (input is garant. to be > 0)
	_inc(obj)	increment object by one


	_acmp(obj,obj)	<=> operator for objects (return -1, 0 or 1)

	_len(obj)	returns count of the decimal digits of the object
	_digit(obj,n)	returns the n'th decimal digit of object

	_is_one(obj)	return true if argument is 1
	_is_two(obj)	return true if argument is 2
	_is_ten(obj)	return true if argument is 10
	_is_zero(obj)	return true if argument is 0
	_is_even(obj)	return true if argument is even (0,2,4,6..)
	_is_odd(obj)	return true if argument is odd (1,3,5,7..)

	_copy		return a ref to a true copy of the object

	_check(obj)	check whether internal representation is still intact
			return 0 for ok, otherwise error message as string

	_from_hex(str)	return ref to new object from ref to hexadecimal string
	_from_bin(str)	return ref to new object from ref to binary string
	
	_as_hex(str)	return string containing the value as
			unsigned hex string, with the '0x' prepended.
			Leading zeros must be stripped.
	_as_bin(str)	Like as_hex, only as binary string containing only
			zeros and ones. Leading zeros must be stripped and a
			'0b' must be prepended.
	
	_rsft(obj,N,B)	shift object in base B by N 'digits' right
	_lsft(obj,N,B)	shift object in base B by N 'digits' left
	
	_xor(obj1,obj2)	XOR (bit-wise) object 1 with object 2
			Note: XOR, AND and OR pad with zeros if size mismatches
	_and(obj1,obj2)	AND (bit-wise) object 1 with object 2
	_or(obj1,obj2)	OR (bit-wise) object 1 with object 2

	_mod(obj,obj)	Return remainder of div of the 1st by the 2nd object
	_sqrt(obj)	return the square root of object (truncated to int)
	_root(obj)	return the n'th (n >= 3) root of obj (truncated to int)
	_fac(obj)	return factorial of object 1 (1*2*3*4..)
	_pow(obj,obj)	return object 1 to the power of object 2
			return undef for NaN
	_zeros(obj)	return number of trailing decimal zeros
	_modinv		return inverse modulus
	_modpow		return modulus of power ($x ** $y) % $z
	_log_int(X,N)	calculate integer log() of X in base N
			X >= 0, N >= 0 (return undef for NaN)
			returns (RESULT, EXACT) where EXACT is:
			 1     : result is exactly RESULT
			 0     : result was truncated to RESULT
			 undef : unknown whether result is exactly RESULT
        _gcd(obj,obj)	return Greatest Common Divisor of two objects

The following functions are optional, and can be defined if the underlying lib has a fast way to do them. If undefined, Math::BigInt will use pure Perl (hence slow) fallback routines to emulate these:

	_signed_or
	_signed_and
	_signed_xor

Input strings come in as unsigned but with prefix (i.e. as '123', '0xabc' or '0b1101').

So the library needs only to deal with unsigned big integers. Testing of input parameter validity is done by the caller, so you need not worry about underflow (f.i. in _sub() , _dec() ) nor about division by zero or similar cases.

The first parameter can be modified, that includes the possibility that you return a reference to a completely different object instead. Although keeping the reference and just changing it's contents is prefered over creating and returning a different reference.

Return values are always references to objects, strings, or true/false for comparisation routines.

WRAP YOUR OWN

If you want to port your own favourite c-lib for big numbers to the Math::BigInt interface, you can take any of the already existing modules as a rough guideline. You should really wrap up the latest BigInt and BigFloat testsuites with your module, and replace in them any of the following:

	use Math::BigInt;

by this:

	use Math::BigInt lib => 'yourlib';

This way you ensure that your library really works 100% within Math::BigInt.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHORS

Original math code by Mark Biggar, rewritten by Tels http://bloodgate.com/ in late 2000. Seperated from BigInt and shaped API with the help of John Peacock. Fixed, sped-up and enhanced by Tels http://bloodgate.com 2001-2003. Further streamlining (api_version 1) by Tels 2004.

SEE ALSO

Math::BigInt, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt::BitVect, Math::BigInt::GMP, Math::BigInt::FastCalc and Math::BigInt::Pari.