[PPL-devel] [Fwd: Re: Clarification on mpz_size()]

[Roberto Bagnara]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Clarification on mpz_size()
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:58:57 +0000
From: Sisyphus <kalinabears at iinet.net.au>
To: Roberto Bagnara <bagnara at cs.unipr.it>
CC: gmp-discuss at swox.com
References: <41A317FE.6030905 at cs.unipr.it>

Roberto Bagnara wrote:
> 
> I have a doubt concerning the interpretation of the documentation of
> `mpz_size()': let `x' be of type `mpz_t'.  Is the intended semantics
> of `mpz_size()' such that the expression
> 
>   mpz_size(x) == 0 || mpz_getlimbn(x, mpz_size(x)-1) != 0
> 
> always evaluates to true?

Yes.

Cheers,
Rob

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