Math::BigInt::GMP(3)

💅 Math::BigInt::GMP — the group chat edition 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for Math::BigInt::GMP, which ships with perl v5.42.0 — yes we're fancy. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you about the backend library that makes your big numbers go brrr.

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✨ NAME ✨

Math::BigInt::GMP — backend library for Math::BigInt etc. based on GMP. that's the whole vibe. it's the cool older sibling that does the actual heavy lifting 💪

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's how you actually summon it, no cap:

# to use it with Math::BigInt
use Math::BigInt lib => 'GMP';

# to use it with Math::BigFloat
use Math::BigFloat lib => 'GMP';

# to use it with Math::BigRat
use Math::BigRat lib => 'GMP';

literally just drop that lib => 'GMP' in there and you're living the dream ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So Math::BigInt::GMP is a backend library for Math::BigInt, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigRat and all their related little modules. it's giving "the power behind the throne" energy 👑

It provides support for big integer calculations by means of the GMP C library. Wanna know more about GMP? go look at <https://gmplib.org/> — they've got the lore 🧚

okay and here's a glow-up update you should know about: Math::BigInt::GMP no longer uses Math::GMP, but provides its own XS layer to access the GMP C library. the way that cuts out another (Perl subroutine) layer and reduces the memory footprint?? iconic. ate and left no crumbs 💅

And for the family tree moment: Math::BigInt::GMP inherits from Math::BigInt::Lib. 🫶

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⭐ STATIC FUNCTIONS ⭐

🎀 $str = gmp_version();

Returns the underlying GMP library's version as a string, e.g., 6.2.1. she tells you exactly what she's made of 💖

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💀 BUGS 💀

Found a bug? a feature request? please please please report it to bug-math-bigint-gmp at rt.cpan.org, or slide through the web interface at <https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Create.html?Queue=Math-BigInt-GMP> (heads up: it requires login, so have your account ready 🙈). We will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. we love a feedback loop 🌈

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🌟 SUPPORT 🌟

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. bestie it's right there:

perldoc Math::BigInt::GMP

You can also look for information at:

💜 GitHub

<https://github.com/pjacklam/p5-Math-BigInt-GMP>

💜 RT: CPAN's request tracker

<https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Name=Math-BigInt-GMP>

💜 MetaCPAN

<https://metacpan.org/release/Math-BigInt-GMP>

💜 CPAN Testers Matrix

<http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Math-BigInt-GMP>

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👑 LICENSE 👑

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

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💖 AUTHORS 💖

• Tels <http://bloodgate.com/> in 2001-2007.
• Thanks to Chip Turner (CHIPT on CPAN) for providing Math::GMP, which was inspiring my work. 🧚
• Maintained by Peter John Acklam <pjacklam@gmail.com> 2010-2021.
• gmp_version() provided by FGasper on GitHub. ⭐

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Math::BigInt::Lib for a description of the API. (that's where the real docs live, iykyk)
• Alternative libraries Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::FastCalc, and Math::BigInt::Pari. the whole squad 🌈
• Some of the modules that use these libraries Math::BigInt, Math::BigFloat, and Math::BigRat. 👑

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ngl if you got this far you're lowkey a Perl icon. go forth and compute big numbers, main character 🦋✨

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that's the whole page bestie!! 🌸 written by perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-03-27, filed under Math::BigInt::GMP(3) — mwah, stan, bookmark it, send it to the group chat 💅💖