package bigint;
-use 5.006002;
+use 5.006;
-$VERSION = '0.22';
+$VERSION = '0.23';
use Exporter;
@ISA = qw( Exporter );
-@EXPORT_OK = qw( PI e );
-@EXPORT = qw( inf NaN );
+@EXPORT_OK = qw( PI e bpi bexp );
+@EXPORT = qw( inf NaN );
use strict;
use overload;
splice @a, $j, 1; $j --;
$oct = \&_oct_global;
}
- elsif ($_[$i] !~ /^(PI|e)\z/)
+ elsif ($_[$i] !~ /^(PI|e|bpi|bexp)\z/)
{
die ("unknown option $_[$i]");
}
sub inf () { Math::BigInt::binf(); }
sub NaN () { Math::BigInt::bnan(); }
-sub PI () { Math::BigInt->new(3); }
-sub e () { Math::BigInt->new(2); }
+
+sub PI () { Math::BigInt->new(3); }
+sub e () { Math::BigInt->new(2); }
+sub bpi ($) { Math::BigInt->new(3); }
+sub bexp ($$) { my $x = Math::BigInt->new($_[0]); $x->bexp($_[1]); }
1;
=item hex
-Override the build-in hex() method with a version that can handle big
+Override the built-in hex() method with a version that can handle big
integers. Note that under Perl v5.9.4 or ealier, this will be global
and cannot be disabled with "no bigint;".
=item oct
-Override the build-in oct() method with a version that can handle big
+Override the built-in oct() method with a version that can handle big
integers. Note that under Perl v5.9.4 or ealier, this will be global
and cannot be disabled with "no bigint;".
A shortcut to return Math::BigInt->bnan(). Useful because Perl does not always
handle bareword C<NaN> properly.
-=item e()
+=item e
+
+ # perl -Mbigint=e -wle 'print e'
+
+Returns Euler's number C<e>, aka exp(1). Note that under bigint, this is
+truncated to an integer, and hence simple '2'.
+
+=item PI
+
+ # perl -Mbigint=PI -wle 'print PI'
+
+Returns PI. Note that under bigint, this is truncated to an integer, and hence
+simple '3'.
+
+=item bexp()
+
+ bexp($power,$accuracy);
+
+Returns Euler's number C<e> raised to the appropriate power, to
+the wanted accuracy.
+
+Note that under bigint, the result is truncated to an integer.
+
+Example:
+
+ # perl -Mbigint=bexp -wle 'print bexp(1,80)'
+
+=item bpi()
+
+ bpi($accuracy);
-Returns Euler's number C<e>, aka exp(1), to the given number of digits.
+Returns PI to the wanted accuracy. Note that under bigint, this is truncated
+to an integer, and hence simple '3'.
-=item PI()
+Example:
-Returns PI to the given number of digits.
+ # perl -Mbigint=bpi -wle 'print bpi(80)'
=item upgrade()