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- package bigrat;
- require 5.005;
-
- $VERSION = '0.04';
- use Exporter;
- @ISA = qw( Exporter );
- @EXPORT_OK = qw( );
-
- use strict;
-
- ##############################################################################
-
- # These are all alike, and thus faked by AUTOLOAD
-
- my @faked = qw/round_mode accuracy precision div_scale/;
- use vars qw/$VERSION $AUTOLOAD $_lite/; # _lite for testsuite
-
- sub AUTOLOAD
- {
- my $name = $AUTOLOAD;
-
- $name =~ s/.*:://; # split package
- no strict 'refs';
- foreach my $n (@faked)
- {
- if ($n eq $name)
- {
- *{"bigrat::$name"} = sub
- {
- my $self = shift;
- no strict 'refs';
- if (defined $_[0])
- {
- Math::BigInt->$name($_[0]);
- Math::BigFloat->$name($_[0]);
- }
- return Math::BigInt->$name();
- };
- return &$name;
- }
- }
-
- # delayed load of Carp and avoid recursion
- require Carp;
- Carp::croak ("Can't call bigrat\-\>$name, not a valid method");
- }
-
- sub upgrade
- {
- my $self = shift;
- no strict 'refs';
- # if (defined $_[0])
- # {
- # $Math::BigInt::upgrade = $_[0];
- # $Math::BigFloat::upgrade = $_[0];
- # }
- return $Math::BigInt::upgrade;
- }
-
- sub import
- {
- my $self = shift;
-
- # see also bignum->import() for additional comments
-
- # some defaults
- my $lib = 'Calc'; my $upgrade = 'Math::BigFloat';
-
- my @import = ( ':constant' ); # drive it w/ constant
- my @a = @_; my $l = scalar @_; my $j = 0;
- my ($a,$p);
- my ($ver,$trace); # version? trace?
- for ( my $i = 0; $i < $l ; $i++,$j++ )
- {
- if ($_[$i] eq 'upgrade')
- {
- # this causes upgrading
- $upgrade = $_[$i+1]; # or undef to disable
- my $s = 2; $s = 1 if @a-$j < 2; # avoid "can not modify non-existant..."
- splice @a, $j, $s; $j -= $s;
- }
- elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(l|lib)$/)
- {
- # this causes a different low lib to take care...
- $lib = $_[$i+1] || '';
- my $s = 2; $s = 1 if @a-$j < 2; # avoid "can not modify non-existant..."
- splice @a, $j, $s; $j -= $s;
- }
- elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(v|version)$/)
- {
- $ver = 1;
- splice @a, $j, 1; $j --;
- }
- elsif ($_[$i] =~ /^(t|trace)$/)
- {
- $trace = 1;
- splice @a, $j, 1; $j --;
- }
- else
- {
- die ("unknown option $_[$i]");
- }
- }
- my $class;
- $_lite = 0; # using M::BI::L ?
- if ($trace)
- {
- require Math::BigInt::Trace; $class = 'Math::BigInt::Trace';
- $upgrade = 'Math::BigFloat::Trace';
- }
- else
- {
- # see if we can find Math::BigInt::Lite
- if (!defined $a && !defined $p) # rounding won't work to well
- {
- eval 'require Math::BigInt::Lite;';
- if ($@ eq '')
- {
- @import = ( ); # :constant in Lite, not MBI
- Math::BigInt::Lite->import( ':constant' );
- $_lite= 1; # signal okay
- }
- }
- require Math::BigInt if $_lite == 0; # not already loaded?
- $class = 'Math::BigInt'; # regardless of MBIL or not
- }
- # Math::BigInt::Trace or plain Math::BigInt
- $class->import(@import, upgrade => $upgrade, lib => $lib);
-
- require Math::BigFloat;
- Math::BigFloat->import( upgrade => 'Math::BigRat', ':constant' );
- require Math::BigRat;
- if ($ver)
- {
- print "bigrat\t\t\t v$VERSION\n";
- print "Math::BigInt::Lite\t v$Math::BigInt::Lite::VERSION\n" if $_lite;
- print "Math::BigInt\t\t v$Math::BigInt::VERSION";
- my $config = Math::BigInt->config();
- print " lib => $config->{lib} v$config->{lib_version}\n";
- print "Math::BigFloat\t\t v$Math::BigFloat::VERSION\n";
- print "Math::BigRat\t\t v$Math::BigRat::VERSION\n";
- exit;
- }
- }
-
- 1;
-
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use bigrat;
-
- $x = 2 + 4.5,"\n"; # BigFloat 6.5
- print 1/3 + 1/4,"\n"; # produces 7/12
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- All operators (inlcuding basic math operations) are overloaded. Integer and
- floating-point constants are created as proper BigInts or BigFloats,
- respectively.
-
- Other than L<bignum>, this module upgrades to Math::BigRat, meaning that
- instead of 2.5 you will get 2+1/2 as output.
-
- =head2 MODULES USED
-
- C<bigrat> is just a thin wrapper around various modules of the Math::BigInt
- family. Think of it as the head of the family, who runs the shop, and orders
- the others to do the work.
-
- The following modules are currently used by bignum:
-
- Math::BigInt::Lite (for speed, and only if it is loadable)
- Math::BigInt
- Math::BigFloat
- Math::BigRat
-
- =head2 MATH LIBRARY
-
- Math with the numbers is done (by default) by a module called
- Math::BigInt::Calc. This is equivalent to saying:
-
- use bigrat lib => 'Calc';
-
- You can change this by using:
-
- use bigrat lib => 'BitVect';
-
- The following would first try to find Math::BigInt::Foo, then
- Math::BigInt::Bar, and when this also fails, revert to Math::BigInt::Calc:
-
- use bigrat lib => 'Foo,Math::BigInt::Bar';
-
- Please see respective module documentation for further details.
-
- =head2 SIGN
-
- The sign is either '+', '-', 'NaN', '+inf' or '-inf' and stored seperately.
-
- A sign of 'NaN' is used to represent the result when input arguments are not
- numbers or as a result of 0/0. '+inf' and '-inf' represent plus respectively
- minus infinity. You will get '+inf' when dividing a positive number by 0, and
- '-inf' when dividing any negative number by 0.
-
- =head2 METHODS
-
- Since all numbers are not objects, you can use all functions that are part of
- the BigInt or BigFloat API. It is wise to use only the bxxx() notation, and not
- the fxxx() notation, though. This makes you independed on the fact that the
- underlying object might morph into a different class than BigFloat.
-
- =head1 EXAMPLES
-
- perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
- perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
- perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
- perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
- perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
-
- =head1 LICENSE
-
- This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
- the same terms as Perl itself.
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- Especially L<bignum>.
-
- L<Math::BigFloat>, L<Math::BigInt>, L<Math::BigRat> and L<Math::Big> as well
- as L<Math::BigInt::BitVect>, L<Math::BigInt::Pari> and L<Math::BigInt::GMP>.
-
- =head1 AUTHORS
-
- (C) by Tels L<http://bloodgate.com/> in early 2002.
-
- =cut
-