RespiteSage / saline

Saturating arithmetic for Crystal

saline

Saturating arithmetic for Crystal

Usage

The Saturating generic type lets you impose saturating arithmetic on any Number type. This means that in any case when the wrapped type would overflow or underflow, it instead clamps to the relevant boundary (the type's MAX in case of overflow or MIN in case of underflow).

The code snippet below demonstrates this concept with an Int32:

n = Saturating(Int32).new(Int32::MAX - 2)
n += 20 # => 2147483647 (Int32::MAX)

m = Saturating(Int32).new(Int32::MIN + 3)
m -= 30 # => -2147483648 (Int32::MIN)

Development

This shard currently uses an initial pure-Crystal approach. However, saturating arithmetic is implemented already in LLVM, which undergirds Crystal. I'd like to create bindings to these functions eventually, replacing the current implementation but keeping the same interface.

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/respitesage/saline/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• Benjamin Wade - creator and maintainer