Multi-precision packages: gmpy vs mxNumber
M.-A. Lemburg
mal at lemburg.com
Wed May 15 17:49:04 EDT 2002
Fernando Pérez wrote:
> Do any of the experts have any advice on the pros and cons of these two GMP
> wrappers? They both seem spotty in documentation and both appear stalled in
> current development.
The former is still true for mxNumber, the latter is not: I'm just waiting
for GMP4 itself to settle and get a working Windows port of ready for
production use.
Please remember that mxNumber is still in the experimental stage.
My intention is to use mxNumber with a fixed point decimal type
to use in database interaction for storing mxODBC decimal column
data.
> URLS:
>
> http://gmpy.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxNumber.html
>
> I'd like to go with the better of the two but would rather not dive into
> extensive testing/comparison if someone knows of a definitive answer off
> hand.
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