Integrate bs-zarith into BuckleScript for stdlib support of Bigint and Rational numbers

[mchaver]

I've made a version of zarith in pure BuckleScript (maybe pure OCaml as well?). It is still missing a few functions, isn't well tested and Bigint probably doesn't have great performance, but I think it is a good start. I was wondering if there would be any interest to get this into the stdlib since Zarith is also a part of OCaml.

https://github.com/plow-technologies/bs-zarith

[bobzhang]

are you aware that JS is gonna have native bigint soon?

[mchaver]

I was not aware of that, though I assume that it will take a while for all browsers to support it

[joelburget]

Big ints would be useful for me.

It's been about a year since this issue was updated, so I was wondering if anything has changed. BigInt browser compatibility is missing a few common browsers, but it has support for what I need -- should someone bind it for bucklescript? @mchaver -- what's the status of your Zarith port? Is it pretty usable?

[mchaver]

@joelburget
It's been published on npm for a year now and I've had it in production code since the beginning of year without any issues, but I am just using it for simple stuff. It terms of interface it is pretty usable and should be similar to the original Zarith project.
You can get an idea how to use it from the testing file.
https://github.com/plow-technologies/bs-Zarith/blob/master/__tests__/bs_Bigint_test.ml

[joelburget]

Thanks @mchaver, I've been using your zarith for a couple weeks now (on a project I haven't yet made public), and it's working well for me so far (though I haven't pushed it very hard).

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[bobzhang]

we will look into support bigint natively including pattern match