Hey guys! Would it be valit for STDLib to contain ...

# language-proposals

[LeoColman]

Hey guys! Would it be valit for STDLib to contain an extension function such as Int.length, that counts how many numbers are in an Integer?

[todd.ginsberg]

I feel like that’s really specific.

[Dico]

You mean something like java.lang.Integer.bitCount?

[benleggiero]

I think he means in decimal. That'll be yourInt.toString().length

[themishkun]

This is ambiguous, there are infinite number of numeral systems, you must include radix parameter just as with toString()

[vmichalak]

Do you have a use case exemple?

[benleggiero]

P.S. I wrote a few functions that do this: numberOfDigits()

https://github.com/BlueHuskyStudios/Blue-Base/blob/dd10b423194795150481d5018a1c77d2d4e81a24/JVM/src/org/bh/tools/base/math/Algebraic%20Functions.kt#L92-L129