Crates.io | reciprocal |
lib.rs | reciprocal |
version | 0.1.2 |
source | src |
created_at | 2021-05-12 01:23:54.006918 |
updated_at | 2021-05-28 12:25:57.420466 |
description | Baseline implementation of integer division by constants |
homepage | |
repository | https://github.com/pkhuong/reciprocal |
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size | 30,140 |
When dividing integers by compile-time constants, compilers (LLVM) can be trusted to convert those to a sequence of multiplication and shift.
That doesn't work so well when the constant isn't known until runtime.
This crate implements a simple strategy with reliable performance. Does reliable imply good? For this application, it does.
The basic PartialReciprocal
should be compiled to a constant-time
fast path, and can handle every divisor except 0, 1, and u64::MAX
.
The slightly more complex Reciprocal
can also divide by 1 and
u64::MAX
, at the expense of one more u64
field, and a slightly
more complex (one more load, maybe one more integer arithmetic
instruction) fast path.