Hi! Thank you for review!
I addressed your comments, and pushed the new version on the branch.
The diff is below. It is rather big, but I feel like it belongs here, rather than in
a `v2` letter, since the changes are very minor.
--
Serge Petrenko
sergepetrenko@tarantool.org




21 июня 2019 г., в 18:53, Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@gmail.com> написал(а):

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 06:58:05PM +0300, Serge Petrenko wrote:
Add a decimal library to lua.

Part of #692

@TarantoolBot document
Title: Document decimal module in lua.

First of all, you have to require the package via
`decimal = require('decimal')`
Now you can construct decimals via `tonumber` method.
Decimals may be constructed from lua numbers, strings, unsigned and
signed 64 bit integers.
Decimal is a fixed-point type with maximum 38 digits of precision. All
the calculations are exact, so, be careful when constructing decimals
from lua numbers: they may hold only 15 decimal digits of precision.
You are advised to construct decimals from strings, since strings
represent decimals exactly, and vice versa.

```
a = decimal.tonumber(123e-7)
b = decimal.tonumber('123.456')
c = decimal.tonumber('123.456e2')
d = decimal.tonumber(123ULL)
e = decimal.tonumber(2)
```

tonumber is a confusing name IMO. Let's rename it to decimal.new()

Ok


The allowed operations are addition, subtraction, division,
multiplication and power. If at least one of the operands is decimal,
decimal operations are performed. The other operand may be either
decimal or string, containing a number representation, or a lua number.
When the operation is called as `decimal.opname`, both operands may be
strings or lua numbers, e.g. `decimal.add(23, '123.456') == 146.456`:
```

Can these functions fail (overflow, underflow)? What happens on error?
Please mention in this document.

I made the message more informative.


tarantool> a + b
---
- '123.456012300000000'
...

tarantool> decimal.add(a,b)
---
- '123.456012300000000'
...

tarantool> c - d
---
- '12222.6'
...

tarantool> decimal.sub(c,d)

I don't think we need decimal.add/sub/div/mul methods as long as we have
corresponding operators.

No problem.


The following math functions are also supported:
log10, ln, exp, sqrt, pow. When specified as
`decimal.opname()`, operations may be performed on
strings and lua numbers.
```
f = decimal.tonumber(100)
tarantool> f:log10()

This looks weird. I think we should only allow decimal.log10(x),
not x:log10().

All the math functions are now accessed as decimal.func(), decimal.scale() and
decimal.precision() are added.


---
src/CMakeLists.txt        |   1 +
src/lua/decimal.c         | 327 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/lua/decimal.h         |  39 +++++
src/lua/init.c            |   2 +
test/app/decimal.result   | 172 ++++++++++++++++++++
test/app/decimal.test.lua |  50 ++++++
6 files changed, 591 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 src/lua/decimal.c
create mode 100644 src/lua/decimal.h
create mode 100644 test/app/decimal.result
create mode 100644 test/app/decimal.test.lua

Please consider implementing this using Lua ffi. Take a look at
src/lua/uuid.lua for example. They say that ffi implementation is
generally faster than Lua C, because it doesn't break JIT traces.
It might be worth benchmarking the two approaches.

I have written a proof-of-concept ffi implementation and tested its performance.
It has shown a ~25% performance decrease over the current representation.
The details are in the issue comments (https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/issues/692#issuecomment-505043929)
I propose to leave existing implementation as is.



diff --git a/src/lua/decimal.c b/src/lua/decimal.c
index 9e2fd41b5..4dc0dff7d 100644
--- a/src/lua/decimal.c
+++ b/src/lua/decimal.c
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ LDECIMAL_CMPOP(lt, <);
 LDECIMAL_CMPOP(le, <=);
 
 static int
-ldecimal_tonumber(struct lua_State *L)
+ldecimal_new(struct lua_State *L)
 {
  if (lua_gettop(L) < 1)
- luaL_error(L, "Usage: decimal.tonumber(value)");
+ luaL_error(L, "Usage: decimal.new(value)");
  lua_todecimal(L, 1);
  decimal_t *lhs = lua_checkdecimal(L, 1);
  decimal_t *res = lua_pushdecimal(L);
@@ -251,6 +251,28 @@ ldecimal_round(struct lua_State *L)
  return 1;
 }
 
+static int
+ldecimal_scale(struct lua_State *L)
+{
+ if (lua_gettop(L) < 1)
+ return luaL_error(L, "Usage: decimal.scale(decimal)");
+ decimal_t *lhs = lua_checkdecimal(L, 1);
+ int scale = decimal_scale(lhs);
+ lua_pushnumber(L, scale);
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int
+ldecimal_precision(struct lua_State *L)
+{
+ if (lua_gettop(L) < 1)
+ return luaL_error(L, "Usage: decimal.precisiion(decimal)");
+ decimal_t *lhs = lua_checkdecimal(L, 1);
+ int precision = decimal_precision(lhs);
+ lua_pushnumber(L, precision);
+ return 1;
+}
+
 static int
 ldecimal_tostring(struct lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -262,14 +284,6 @@ ldecimal_tostring(struct lua_State *L)
 }
 
 static const luaL_Reg ldecimal_mt[] = {
- {"log10", ldecimal_log10},
- {"ln", ldecimal_ln},
- {"exp", ldecimal_exp},
- {"sqrt", ldecimal_sqrt},
- {"round", ldecimal_round},
- {"minus", ldecimal_minus},
- {"abs", ldecimal_abs},
- {"tostring", ldecimal_tostring},
  {"__unm", ldecimal_minus},
  {"__add", ldecimal_add},
  {"__sub", ldecimal_sub},
@@ -284,23 +298,16 @@ static const luaL_Reg ldecimal_mt[] = {
 };
 
 static const luaL_Reg ldecimal_lib[] = {
- {"eq", ldecimal_eq},
- {"lt", ldecimal_lt},
- {"le", ldecimal_le},
- {"add", ldecimal_add},
- {"sub", ldecimal_sub},
- {"mul", ldecimal_mul},
- {"div", ldecimal_div},
  {"log10", ldecimal_log10},
  {"ln", ldecimal_ln},
  {"pow", ldecimal_pow},
  {"exp", ldecimal_exp},
  {"sqrt", ldecimal_sqrt},
  {"round", ldecimal_round},
- {"minus", ldecimal_minus},
+ {"scale", ldecimal_scale},
+ {"precision", ldecimal_precision},
  {"abs", ldecimal_abs},
- {"tostring", ldecimal_tostring},
- {"tonumber", ldecimal_tonumber},
+ {"new", ldecimal_new},
  {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/test/app/decimal.result b/test/app/decimal.result
index 93c1c7557..22590a082 100644
--- a/test/app/decimal.result
+++ b/test/app/decimal.result
@@ -5,69 +5,69 @@ test_run = require('test_run').new()
 ---
 ...
 -- check various constructors
-decimal.tonumber('1234.5678')
+decimal.new('1234.5678')
 ---
 - '1234.5678'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber('1e6')
+decimal.new('1e6')
 ---
 - '1000000'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber('-6.234612e2')
+decimal.new('-6.234612e2')
 ---
 - '-623.4612'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(tonumber64(2^63))
+decimal.new(tonumber64(2^63))
 ---
 - '9223372036854775808.000000000000000'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(12345678ULL)
+decimal.new(12345678ULL)
 ---
 - '12345678'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(-12345678LL)
+decimal.new(-12345678LL)
 ---
 - '-12345678'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(1)
+decimal.new(1)
 ---
 - '1.000000000000000'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(-1)
+decimal.new(-1)
 ---
 - '-1.000000000000000'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(2^64)
+decimal.new(2^64)
 ---
 - '18446744073709551616.000000000000000'
 ...
-decimal.tonumber(2^(-20))
+decimal.new(2^(-20))
 ---
 - '0.000000953674316'
 ...
-a = decimal.tonumber('100')
+a = decimal.new('100')
 ---
 ...
-a:log10()
+decimal.log10(a)
 ---
 - '2'
 ...
-a:ln()
+decimal.ln(a)
 ---
 - '4.6051701859880913680359829093687284152'
 ...
 -- overflow, e^100 > 10^38
-a:exp()
+decimal.exp(a)
 ---
 - error: Operation failed
 ...
 -- e^87 < 10^38, no overflow, but rounds
 -- to 0 digits after the decimal point.
-decimal.tonumber(87):exp()
+decimal.exp(decimal.new(87))
 ---
 - '60760302250568721495223289381302760753'
 ...
-a:sqrt()
+decimal.sqrt(a)
 ---
 - '10'
 ...
@@ -75,26 +75,18 @@ a
 ---
 - '100'
 ...
-a = decimal.tonumber('-123.456')
+a = decimal.new('-123.456')
 ---
 ...
-a:round(2)
+decimal.round(a, 2)
 ---
 - '-123.46'
 ...
-a:round(1)
----
-- '-123.5'
-...
-a:round(0)
----
-- '-123'
-...
-a:abs()
+decimal.abs(a)
 ---
 - '123.456'
 ...
-a:tostring()
+a
 ---
 - '-123.456'
 ...
@@ -122,11 +114,11 @@ a ^ 2
 ---
 - '15241.383936'
 ...
-a:abs() ^ 0.5
+decimal.abs(a) ^ 0.5
 ---
 - '11.111075555498666484621494041182192341'
 ...
-a:abs() ^ 0.5 == a:abs():sqrt()
+decimal.abs(a) ^ 0.5 == decimal.sqrt(decimal.abs(a))
 ---
 - true
 ...
@@ -150,23 +142,3 @@ a == a
 ---
 - true
 ...
-decimal.tostring(a)
----
-- '-123.456'
-...
-a:tostring()
----
-- '-123.456'
-...
-decimal.abs(a)
----
-- '123.456'
-...
-decimal.minus(a)
----
-- '123.456'
-...
-decimal.round(a, 2)
----
-- '-123.46'
-...
diff --git a/test/app/decimal.test.lua b/test/app/decimal.test.lua
index 4751c1500..b101f07b6 100644
--- a/test/app/decimal.test.lua
+++ b/test/app/decimal.test.lua
@@ -2,49 +2,41 @@ decimal = require('decimal')
 test_run = require('test_run').new()
 
 -- check various constructors
-decimal.tonumber('1234.5678')
-decimal.tonumber('1e6')
-decimal.tonumber('-6.234612e2')
-decimal.tonumber(tonumber64(2^63))
-decimal.tonumber(12345678ULL)
-decimal.tonumber(-12345678LL)
-decimal.tonumber(1)
-decimal.tonumber(-1)
-decimal.tonumber(2^64)
-decimal.tonumber(2^(-20))
+decimal.new('1234.5678')
+decimal.new('1e6')
+decimal.new('-6.234612e2')
+decimal.new(tonumber64(2^63))
+decimal.new(12345678ULL)
+decimal.new(-12345678LL)
+decimal.new(1)
+decimal.new(-1)
+decimal.new(2^64)
+decimal.new(2^(-20))
 
-a = decimal.tonumber('100')
-a:log10()
-a:ln()
+a = decimal.new('100')
+decimal.log10(a)
+decimal.ln(a)
 -- overflow, e^100 > 10^38
-a:exp()
+decimal.exp(a)
 -- e^87 < 10^38, no overflow, but rounds
 -- to 0 digits after the decimal point.
-decimal.tonumber(87):exp()
-a:sqrt()
+decimal.exp(decimal.new(87))
+decimal.sqrt(a)
+a
+a = decimal.new('-123.456')
+decimal.round(a, 2)
+decimal.abs(a)
 a
-a = decimal.tonumber('-123.456')
-a:round(2)
-a:round(1)
-a:round(0)
-a:abs()
-a:tostring()
 -a
 a / 10
 a * 5
 a + 17
 a - 0.0001
 a ^ 2
-a:abs() ^ 0.5
-a:abs() ^ 0.5 == a:abs():sqrt()
+decimal.abs(a) ^ 0.5
+decimal.abs(a) ^ 0.5 == decimal.sqrt(decimal.abs(a))
 a - 2 < a - 1
 a + 1e-10 > a
 a <= a
 a >= a
 a == a
-
-decimal.tostring(a)
-a:tostring()
-decimal.abs(a)
-decimal.minus(a)
-decimal.round(a, 2)