Division Node is missing

[christoph-hart]

I realized there is no node for division. Is there a reason for this (I am wondering because it's such a basic operation).

[MikeHopcroft]

Let me investigate the reason for this. If I recall correctly, the integer divide instruction had some requirements for input/output registers that were harder to satisfy. I believe the node can be added, but that we just did all of the binary operators that didn't have the register restriction. I will see how much work it would be to implement this.

As a workaround, you can call a C-function that either computes 1/x or x/y.

[ConsoleTVs]

Still wondering the same :)

[mackrol]

Any progress in division?

[MikeHopcroft]

A the moment, this work is prioritized lower than work we're doing in the BitFunnel repo. Could you give us an idea of how important this work is to your use case, as this might boost the priority for divide?

[mackrol]

I use div function for now but that's suboptimal in terms of register allocation. I'm just curious / worried whether the project is alive.

[josephjaspers]

I am also requesting support for a division node. Thanks for your work so far though!