Microsoft/calculator

Investigate migration of calc engine to BigInteger/BigRational

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#69 opened on Feb 27, 2019

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Description

There are existing BigInteger/BigRational libraries. If there is one at parity with the existing Calculator engine, we can investigate replacing the older engine code.

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Research direction
Investigate existing BigInteger/BigRational libraries in C++ and compare their feature parity with the current Calculator engine.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Research
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C++
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75