Bit count for numbers too large to return

[yummbee]

A feature that returns the bits needed (in nearest denomination i.e. GB, TB, etc) to store a number too large to return on a message. You can of course just take the log 2 of the number to calculate this. Comparisons can then be done on this number versus other large files such as GTAV installation size, etc.

[yummbee]

I don't know how to add labels but I would label it as proposal if I could.

[tolik518]

While I like the idea, u/factorion-bot was banned from r/ProgrammingHumor recently. As r/ProgrammingHumor was the main beneficiary of the idea, I think the issue will have a rather low priority

[Aras14HD]

On implementing this: This could be a formatting step, taking the log2 for exact and multiplying the exponent/number of digits by log2(10) (adding log2 of base) for approximations and then dividing appropriately to get the denomination. Would have to be enabled with a command like "!size" as the digit approximation has no limit set (Factorial of 9999 9s works).

I am not saying that I will do this issue, just sharing some thoughts.

[tolik518]

As long as factorion is banned from /r/ProgrammingHumor I dont think anyone would use it, but I'll keep the ticket in the backlog.