Re: [PATCH] Require full GMP for big integer module functions.

[Paul Eggert]

On 4/25/19 10:09 AM, Philipp Stephani wrote:
> This allows mini-gmp to not stay binary-compatible with full GMP.

Isn't this overkill? I can see many practical scenarios where using
extract_big_integer etc. will work just fine even if Emacs is compiled
with mini-gmp and the module with full GMP (or vice versa). I can't see
many practical scenarios where these additional checks will cause more
good than harm.

Would it help to write to the GMP maintainer and ask how compatible
mini-gmp is intended to be? My impression is that compatiblity concerns
are pretty high on his priority list.