Move ExtendedBigDecimal to uucore/format, make use of it in formatting functions

src/uu/csplit/src/split_name.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::csplit_error::CsplitError;
 /// format.
 pub struct SplitName {
     prefix: Vec<u8>,
-    format: Format<UnsignedInt>,
+    format: Format<UnsignedInt, u64>,
 }
 
 impl SplitName {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl SplitName {
             None => format!("%0{n_digits}u"),
         };
 
-        let format = match Format::<UnsignedInt>::parse(format_string) {
+        let format = match Format::<UnsignedInt, u64>::parse(format_string) {
             Ok(format) => Ok(format),
             Err(FormatError::TooManySpecs(_)) => Err(CsplitError::SuffixFormatTooManyPercents),
             Err(_) => Err(CsplitError::SuffixFormatIncorrect),

src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl ProgUpdate {
             variant: FloatVariant::Shortest,
             ..Default::default()
         }
-        .fmt(&mut duration_str, duration)?;
+        .fmt(&mut duration_str, &duration.into())?;
         // We assume that printf will output valid UTF-8
         let duration_str = std::str::from_utf8(&duration_str).unwrap();
 

src/uu/seq/BENCHMARKING.md

@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ hyperfine -L seq seq,./target/release/seq "{seq} 0 0.000001 1"
 hyperfine -L seq seq,./target/release/seq "{seq} -100 1 1000000"
 ```
 
+It is also interesting to compare performance with large precision
+format. But in this case, the output itself should also be compared,
+as GNU `seq` may not provide the same precision (`uutils` version of
+`seq` provides arbitrary precision, while GNU `seq` appears to be
+limited to `long double` on the given platform, i.e. 64/80/128-bit
+float):
+```shell
+hyperfine -L seq seq,target/release/seq "{seq} -f%.30f 0 0.000001 1"
+```
+
 ## Optimizations
 
 ### Buffering stdout

src/uu/seq/src/hexadecimalfloat.rs

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore extendedbigdecimal bigdecimal hexdigit numberparse
-use crate::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 use crate::number::PreciseNumber;
 use crate::numberparse::ParseNumberError;
 use bigdecimal::BigDecimal;
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
+use uucore::format::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 
 /// The base of the hex number system
 const HEX_RADIX: u32 = 16;

src/uu/seq/src/number.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore extendedbigdecimal
 use num_traits::Zero;
 
-use crate::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
+use uucore::format::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 
 /// A number with a specified number of integer and fractional digits.
 ///

src/uu/seq/src/numberparse.rs

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ use num_bigint::Sign;
 use num_traits::Num;
 use num_traits::Zero;
 
-use crate::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 use crate::hexadecimalfloat;
 use crate::number::PreciseNumber;
+use uucore::format::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 
 /// An error returned when parsing a number fails.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ impl FromStr for PreciseNumber {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use bigdecimal::BigDecimal;
+    use uucore::format::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 
-    use crate::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
     use crate::number::PreciseNumber;
     use crate::numberparse::ParseNumberError;
 

src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::{stdout, BufWriter, ErrorKind, Write};
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use num_traits::{ToPrimitive, Zero};
+use num_traits::Zero;
 
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
-use uucore::format::{num_format, sprintf, Format, FormatArgument};
+use uucore::format::num_format::FloatVariant;
+use uucore::format::{num_format, ExtendedBigDecimal, Format};
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage};
 
 mod error;
-mod extendedbigdecimal;
 mod hexadecimalfloat;
 
 // public to allow fuzzing
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ pub mod number;
 mod number;
 mod numberparse;
 use crate::error::SeqError;
-use crate::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
 use crate::number::PreciseNumber;
 
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("seq.md");
@@ -142,26 +141,52 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         }
     };
 
-    let padding = first
-        .num_integral_digits
-        .max(increment.num_integral_digits)
-        .max(last.num_integral_digits);
-
     let precision = select_precision(first_precision, increment_precision, last_precision);
 
-    let format = options
-        .format
-        .map(Format::<num_format::Float>::parse)
-        .transpose()?;
+    // If a format was passed on the command line, use that.
+    // If not, use some default format based on parameters precision.
+    let format = match options.format {
+        Some(str) => Format::<num_format::Float, &ExtendedBigDecimal>::parse(str)?,
+        None => {
+            let padding = if options.equal_width {
+                let precision_value = precision.unwrap_or(0);
+                first
+                    .num_integral_digits
+                    .max(increment.num_integral_digits)
+                    .max(last.num_integral_digits)
+                    + if precision_value > 0 {
+                        precision_value + 1
+                    } else {
+                        0
+                    }
+            } else {
+                0
+            };
+
+            let formatter = match precision {
+                // format with precision: decimal floats and integers
+                Some(precision) => num_format::Float {
+                    variant: FloatVariant::Decimal,
+                    width: padding,
+                    alignment: num_format::NumberAlignment::RightZero,
+                    precision,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                // format without precision: hexadecimal floats
+                None => num_format::Float {
+                    variant: FloatVariant::Shortest,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            };
+            Format::from_formatter(formatter)
+        }
+    };
 
     let result = print_seq(
         (first.number, increment.number, last.number),
-        precision,
         &options.separator,
         &options.terminator,
-        options.equal_width,
-        padding,
-        format.as_ref(),
+        &format,
     );
     match result {
         Ok(()) => Ok(()),
@@ -220,93 +245,24 @@ fn done_printing<T: Zero + PartialOrd>(next: &T, increment: &T, last: &T) -> boo
     }
 }
 
-fn format_bigdecimal(value: &bigdecimal::BigDecimal) -> Option<String> {
-    let format_arguments = &[FormatArgument::Float(value.to_f64()?)];
-    let value_as_bytes = sprintf("%g", format_arguments).ok()?;
-    String::from_utf8(value_as_bytes).ok()
-}
-
-/// Write a big decimal formatted according to the given parameters.
-fn write_value_float(
-    writer: &mut impl Write,
-    value: &ExtendedBigDecimal,
-    width: usize,
-    precision: Option<usize>,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let value_as_str = match precision {
-        // format with precision: decimal floats and integers
-        Some(precision) => match value {
-            ExtendedBigDecimal::Infinity | ExtendedBigDecimal::MinusInfinity => {
-                format!("{value:>width$.precision$}")
-            }
-            _ => format!("{value:>0width$.precision$}"),
-        },
-        // format without precision: hexadecimal floats
-        None => match value {
-            ExtendedBigDecimal::BigDecimal(bd) => {
-                format_bigdecimal(bd).unwrap_or_else(|| "{value}".to_owned())
-            }
-            _ => format!("{value:>0width$}"),
-        },
-    };
-    write!(writer, "{value_as_str}")
-}
-
 /// Floating point based code path
 fn print_seq(
     range: RangeFloat,
-    precision: Option<usize>,
     separator: &str,
     terminator: &str,
-    pad: bool,
-    padding: usize,
-    format: Option<&Format<num_format::Float>>,
+    format: &Format<num_format::Float, &ExtendedBigDecimal>,
 ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let stdout = stdout().lock();
     let mut stdout = BufWriter::new(stdout);
     let (first, increment, last) = range;
     let mut value = first;
-    let padding = if pad {
-        let precision_value = precision.unwrap_or(0);
-        padding
-            + if precision_value > 0 {
-                precision_value + 1
-            } else {
-                0
-            }
-    } else {
-        0
-    };
+
     let mut is_first_iteration = true;
     while !done_printing(&value, &increment, &last) {
         if !is_first_iteration {
             write!(stdout, "{separator}")?;
         }
-        // If there was an argument `-f FORMAT`, then use that format
-        // template instead of the default formatting strategy.
-        //
-        // TODO The `printf()` method takes a string as its second
-        // parameter but we have an `ExtendedBigDecimal`. In order to
-        // satisfy the signature of the function, we convert the
-        // `ExtendedBigDecimal` into a string. The `printf()`
-        // logic will subsequently parse that string into something
-        // similar to an `ExtendedBigDecimal` again before rendering
-        // it as a string and ultimately writing to `stdout`. We
-        // shouldn't have to do so much converting back and forth via
-        // strings.
-        match &format {
-            Some(f) => {
-                let float = match &value {
-                    ExtendedBigDecimal::BigDecimal(bd) => bd.to_f64().unwrap(),
-                    ExtendedBigDecimal::Infinity => f64::INFINITY,
-                    ExtendedBigDecimal::MinusInfinity => f64::NEG_INFINITY,
-                    ExtendedBigDecimal::MinusZero => -0.0,
-                    ExtendedBigDecimal::Nan => f64::NAN,
-                };
-                f.fmt(&mut stdout, float)?;
-            }
-            None => write_value_float(&mut stdout, &value, padding, precision)?,
-        }
+        format.fmt(&mut stdout, &value)?;
         // TODO Implement augmenting addition.
         value = value + increment.clone();
         is_first_iteration = false;

src/uucore/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# spell-checker:ignore (features) zerocopy
+# spell-checker:ignore (features) bigdecimal zerocopy
 
 [package]
 name = "uucore"
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ blake3 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 sm3 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 crc32fast = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 regex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+bigdecimal = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+num-traits = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 walkdir = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ fs = ["dunce", "libc", "winapi-util", "windows-sys"]
 fsext = ["libc", "windows-sys"]
 fsxattr = ["xattr"]
 lines = []
-format = ["itertools", "quoting-style"]
+format = ["bigdecimal", "itertools", "num-traits", "quoting-style"]
 mode = ["libc"]
 perms = ["entries", "libc", "walkdir"]
 buf-copy = []