[webkit-dev] BigInt implementation

[Filip Pizlo]

> On Oct 18, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Caio Lima <ticaiolima at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi WebKittens.
> 
> I’m planning to start implement JS BigInt proposal on JSC, however I
> would like to sync with you the way you are planning to implement such
> feature.
> 
> Right now, I’m thinking in implement BigInt operations into C++
> (possibly on WTF?) and make the JSBigInt use this implementation.

We need something GC-optimized from the start since that will determine a lot of the details. So, I don’t think that a WTF implementation is appropriate. It should be a JSCell from day one. 

> As I
> have checked with some other implementors, some of them are going to
> use libgmp (SpiderMonkey case), but I don’t think its license (GPLv2)
> aligns with WebKit’s license and I heard that V8 is implementing their
> BigInt lib as well. By now, I’m thinking in implement a proof of
> concept and then, optimize the BigInt lib part. So, what I would like
> to collect from you is: Is there any problem start work on that
> feature?

We should do a GC-optimized bigint. If there was a great library that had the right license, we could port it to allocate using our GC. I don’t have a strong view on whether we should write our own from scratch or use somebody else’s as a starting point (so long as the license is ok). 

I don’t have any objection to you working on this.

-Filip

> 
> It is one of the proposals that I’ve made to my Coding Experience at
> Igalia, so I will also have the support of developers from there,
> since they are implementing it on SpiderMonkey and the spec champion
> is also in the team.
> 
> Regards,
> Caio.
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