> Lot of time ago I have instead suggest BigInt.sizeof == size_t.sizeof, > because in most programs you need integers smaller than 63 bit, 31 bits are > enough. This increases the performance a little on 32 bit systems.
The compiler also has to make sure the tests for out-of-smallint-range are always inlined, otherwise you are mostly wasting your time optimizing BigInt for small integers. Bye, bearophile
