This is a macOS framework implementing advanced numeric data types for the Swift 4 programming language. The current version provides three new numeric types:
BigInt: arbitrary-precision signed integersRational: signed rational numbersComplex: complex floating-point numbers
Requirements: Xcode 9/Swift Package Manager, Swift 4
Note: So far, with every major version of Swift, Apple decided to change the foundational APIs of the numeric
types in Swift significantly and consistently in a backward incompatible way. In order to be more isolated from
such changes in future, I decided to introduce a distinct integer type used in NumberKit using a new protocol
IntegerNumber. All standard numeric integer types implement this protocol. This is now consistent with the
usage of protocol FloatingPointNumber for floating point numbers, where there was, so far, never a good,
generic enough foundation (and still isn't). Unfortunately, this is a change that might break some client usage
of NumberKit. Adaptations should be straightforward.
BigInt objects are immutable, signed, arbitrary-precision integers that can be used as a
drop-in replacement for the existing binary integer types of Swift 4. Struct BigInt defines all
the standard arithmetic integer operations and implements the corresponding protocols defined
in the standard library.
Struct Rational<T> defines immutable, rational numbers based on an existing signed integer
type T, like Int32, Int64, or BigInt. A rational number is a signed number that can
be expressed as the quotient of two integers a and b: a / b.
Struct Complex<T> defines complex numbers based on an existing floating point type T,
like Float or Double. A complex number consists of two components, a real part re
and an imaginary part im and is typically written as: re + im * i where i is
the imaginary unit.