First draft of (untested) iterative conversion.

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/passwordmaker/base_conversion/division.rs b/src/passwordmaker/base_conversion/division.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6fc911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/passwordmaker/base_conversion/division.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/// A trait that combines std::ops::Div and std::ops::Rem, as those can often be computed together.
+pub(super) trait Division<D> where Self:Sized {
+    /// does in-place arbitrary-length division. Returns remainder.
+    fn divide(self, divisor : &D) -> DivisionResult<Self, D>;
+    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool;
+}
+
+/// Or mark your type as `UseGenericDivision` to just use `/` and `%` operators for types. Makes only sense for integers.
+pub(super) trait UseGenericDivision : Clone 
+    + for <'a> std::ops::Div<&'a Self, Output = Self> 
+    + for <'a> std::ops::Rem<&'a Self, Output = Self> 
+    + Default
+    + Eq {}
+
+    impl<U> Division<U> for U
+    where U: UseGenericDivision
+{
+    fn divide(self, divisor : &Self) -> DivisionResult<Self, Self> {
+        DivisionResult { 
+            result: self.clone().div(divisor),
+            remainder: self.rem(divisor)
+        }
+    }
+    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool {
+        *self == Self::default()
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) struct DivisionResult<T, U> {
+    pub result : T,
+    pub remainder : U,
+}
\ No newline at end of file