Count number of "wraps" when adding to `ModNum*` about bare_metal_modulo HOT 3 CLOSED

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I have thought of a way to implement this. It needs to take into account the original dividend. All operations ultimately funnel down to a call to .with(), which will actually perform the modulo. So I think the solution is to introduce a new data type that tracks the total "wraparounds" it has experienced. I just finished a major refactoring of the crate that will facilitate adding new data types.

So, to do this:

• Create a WrapTrackNum that keeps track of wrapping and implements the MNum trait.
  • It will have a state variable that tracks the total wrap count that occurred when it was created.
• Then invoke the derive_modulo_arithmetic! macro to generate all the arithmetic operator implementations.

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Thanks again for the suggestion, @linclelinkpart5! I have now implemented it as follows:

• WrapCountNum and WrapCountNumC are drop-in replacements for ModNum and ModNumC that each have a wraps() method.
• That method returns accumulated wraparounds as defined above.
• See the documentation for a full illustration of how they work.

Due to the delay between this implementation and when you posted the issue, it may or may not be useful to you at this point, but I am guessing that your suggestion indicates something that would be useful to many people, so I am pleased that I was finally able to incorporate it.

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