decimal/rounding.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Multiprecision decimal numbers.
// For floating-point formatting only; not general purpose.
// Only operations are assign and (binary) left/right shift.
// Can do binary floating point in multiprecision decimal precisely
// because 2 divides 10; cannot do decimal floating point
// in multiprecision binary precisely.
package decimal

type floatInfo struct {
	mantbits uint
	expbits  uint
	bias     int
}

var float32info = floatInfo{23, 8, -127}
var float64info = floatInfo{52, 11, -1023}

// roundShortest rounds d (= mant * 2^exp) to the shortest number of digits
// that will let the original floating point value be precisely reconstructed.
func roundShortest(d *decimal, mant uint64, exp int, flt *floatInfo) {
	// If mantissa is zero, the number is zero; stop now.
	if mant == 0 {
		d.nd = 0
		return
	}

	// Compute upper and lower such that any decimal number
	// between upper and lower (possibly inclusive)
	// will round to the original floating point number.

	// We may see at once that the number is already shortest.
	//
	// Suppose d is not denormal, so that 2^exp <= d < 10^dp.
	// The closest shorter number is at least 10^(dp-nd) away.
	// The lower/upper bounds computed below are at distance
	// at most 2^(exp-mantbits).
	//
	// So the number is already shortest if 10^(dp-nd) > 2^(exp-mantbits),
	// or equivalently log2(10)*(dp-nd) > exp-mantbits.
	// It is true if 332/100*(dp-nd) >= exp-mantbits (log2(10) > 3.32).
	minexp := flt.bias + 1 // minimum possible exponent
	if exp > minexp && 332*(d.dp-d.nd) >= 100*(exp-int(flt.mantbits)) {
		// The number is already shortest.
		return
	}

	// d = mant << (exp - mantbits)
	// Next highest floating point number is mant+1 << exp-mantbits.
	// Our upper bound is halfway between, mant*2+1 << exp-mantbits-1.
	upper := new(decimal)
	upper.Assign(mant*2 + 1)
	upper.Shift(exp - int(flt.mantbits) - 1)

	// d = mant << (exp - mantbits)
	// Next lowest floating point number is mant-1 << exp-mantbits,
	// unless mant-1 drops the significant bit and exp is not the minimum exp,
	// in which case the next lowest is mant*2-1 << exp-mantbits-1.
	// Either way, call it mantlo << explo-mantbits.
	// Our lower bound is halfway between, mantlo*2+1 << explo-mantbits-1.
	var mantlo uint64
	var explo int
	if mant > 1<<flt.mantbits || exp == minexp {
		mantlo = mant - 1
		explo = exp
	} else {
		mantlo = mant*2 - 1
		explo = exp - 1
	}
	lower := new(decimal)
	lower.Assign(mantlo*2 + 1)
	lower.Shift(explo - int(flt.mantbits) - 1)

	// The upper and lower bounds are possible outputs only if
	// the original mantissa is even, so that IEEE round-to-even
	// would round to the original mantissa and not the neighbors.
	inclusive := mant%2 == 0

	// Now we can figure out the minimum number of digits required.
	// Walk along until d has distinguished itself from upper and lower.
	for i := 0; i < d.nd; i++ {
		l := byte('0') // lower digit
		if i < lower.nd {
			l = lower.d[i]
		}
		m := d.d[i]    // middle digit
		u := byte('0') // upper digit
		if i < upper.nd {
			u = upper.d[i]
		}

		// Okay to round down (truncate) if lower has a different digit
		// or if lower is inclusive and is exactly the result of rounding
		// down (i.e., and we have reached the final digit of lower).
		okdown := l != m || inclusive && i+1 == lower.nd

		// Okay to round up if upper has a different digit and either upper
		// is inclusive or upper is bigger than the result of rounding up.
		okup := m != u && (inclusive || m+1 < u || i+1 < upper.nd)

		// If it's okay to do either, then round to the nearest one.
		// If it's okay to do only one, do it.
		switch {
		case okdown && okup:
			d.Round(i + 1)
			return
		case okdown:
			d.RoundDown(i + 1)
			return
		case okup:
			d.RoundUp(i + 1)
			return
		}
	}
}