On Wed, 2020-05-20 at 10:34 -0500, Pete Dietl wrote: > I really like the idea of using GMP to do the math.
No, I'm not willing to make that requirement. If anyone can provide any use case where >64bit math is needed in a makefile I'll be interested to hear about it. But, my position is that if you need that you should be using one of the already-supported facilities for embedded support (guile and/or using loadable objects). > Arithmetic Functions: > --------------------------- > * add > * subtract > * multiply > * divide These definitely. > * negate > * absolute value > * exponentiate Maybe. > Bit Manipulation: > ---------------------- > * and > * or > * xor > * complement > * left shift > * right shift Maybe. I have a hard time coming up with uses for these, other than possibly the shift operators (but multiplication/division can be used instead). > Comparison Functions: > ------------------------------ > * > > * >= > * < > * <= > * == These seem useful. Again, the questions in my email yesterday need to be addressed. Another one I forgot: Mult-base support: should we support only base 10 integer constants in expressions, or also hex/octal constants?
