Want to get a calculation of bigger values, but unable to get it because of Snap! saying Infinity? Well, this is due to JavaScript limitations. You can use the Gigantic Numbers Library from this project if you want to get bigger numbers.
It works by using base-10 logarithm. While this allows bigger numbers it's not that efficient, because of 64-bit integer limitations, only allowing 2^64 possible big numbers.
is this different from file-> libraries->bignums?
Yes. Bignums are exact integers with an in principle unbounded number of digits. (There is a practical bound imposed by your computer's limited memory and by the browser's restriction of memory availableto a web page.) @ten_6044's library is more like floating point, using (essentially) scientific notation to provide an extended range of inexact values in a 64-bit field.
yeah, that makes sense.
@ten_6044 1: nice color changing pfp
2: can you please change the color so something less... bright and eye-straining? thanks.
ugh i posted this on another topic by mistake and now it wont let me post here unless I add more text since the body is too similar.
I think it would be more convenient if you made the operations' inputs unevaluated and variadic. It's a pain to constantly convert numbers to gigantic numbers, so it would be better if the reporters checked the type of their inputs and converted every nested constant.
I'm not sure how that would affect performance, though...
the blocks are now burnt into my eyes because of how bright they are
This is a sign that we need the ability to edit category colors.
Oh jeez. Give them an inch and they want a mile.
Is there a way to do this by editing the XML?
Got me. We don't encourage editing projects from outside of Snap!, because people do that incorrectly and then tell us there's a bug in Snap! because it won't load their project. :~(
Oh, I wasn't actually thinking of doing it, but I was wondering if it was possible. I'm assuming so since the project has to store the colors somehow.
I'm just surprised you can make and delete categories, but you can't edit them...lol.
IANJ, but I should think the point is to keep your code readable by others. You especially shouldn't recolor the categories added by standard libraries.
Easy (although I just figured this out now)! Make a new category with the same name as the existing one but the new colour that you want. This will change the category colour. However, the changes will not be visible immediately (to get a block to re-render, try editing it or switching to flat theme).
Is this intended? It actually works.
@bh, no mile required.
Around here it is. :~)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Your beloved SciSnap! has been rEcOlOrEd by making new categories with the same names!!! (Ignore the nonsensical block spam in the image)
it is made by @emodrow though, not jens or bh.
(also those colors are extremely ugly, seriously).
I know. I said "your beloved" because it's one of the most prominent libraries, so it works well as an example.
