Big integer types for Rust, BigInt
and BigUint
.
Add this to your Cargo.toml
:
[dependencies]
num-bigint = "0.2"
and this to your crate root:
extern crate num_bigint;
The std
crate feature is mandatory and enabled by default. If you depend on
num-bigint
with default-features = false
, you must manually enable the
std
feature yourself. In the future, we hope to support #![no_std]
with
the alloc
crate when std
is not enabled.
Implementations for i128
and u128
are only available with Rust 1.26 and
later. The build script automatically detects this, but you can make it
mandatory by enabling the i128
crate feature.
Release notes are available in RELEASES.md.
The num-bigint
crate is tested for rustc 1.15 and greater.
While num-bigint
strives for good performance in pure Rust code, other
crates may offer better performance with different trade-offs. The following
table offers a brief comparison to a few alternatives.
Crate | License | Min rustc | Implementation |
---|---|---|---|
num-bigint |
MIT/Apache-2.0 | 1.15 | pure rust |
ramp |
Apache-2.0 | nightly | rust and inline assembly |
rug |
LGPL-3.0+ | 1.18 | bundles GMP via gmp-mpfr-sys |
rust-gmp |
MIT | stable? | links to GMP |
apint |
MIT/Apache-2.0 | nightly | pure rust (unfinished) |