ascending is identical to compare. descending x y = ascending y x. These are intended to be mnemonic when used like List.sort ~compare:ascending and List.sort
~cmp:descending, since they cause the list to be sorted in ascending or descending order, respectively.
There are two pairs of integer division and remainder functions, /% and %, and / and rem. They both satisfy the same equation relating the quotient and the remainder:
x = (x /% y) * y + (x % y);
x = (x / y) * y + (rem x y);
The functions return the same values if x and y are positive. They all raise if y = 0.
The functions differ if x < 0 or y < 0.
If y < 0, then % and /% raise, whereas / and rem do not.
x % y always returns a value between 0 and y - 1, even when x < 0. On the other hand, rem x y returns a negative value if and only if x < 0; that value satisfies abs (rem x y) <= abs y - 1.
round rounds an int to a multiple of a given to_multiple_of argument, according to a direction dir, with default dir being `Nearest. round will raise if to_multiple_of <= 0.
| `Down | rounds toward Int.neg_infinity |
| `Up | rounds toward Int.infinity |
| `Nearest | rounds to the nearest multiple, or `Up in case of a tie |
| `Zero | rounds toward zero |
Here are some examples for round ~to_multiple_of:10 for each direction:
of_float_unchecked truncates the given floating point number to an integer, rounding towards zero. The result is unspecified if the argument is nan or falls outside the range of representable integers.
val num_bits : int
The number of bits available in this integer type. Note that the integer representations are signed.