1 /* bignum.h-arbitrary precision integers
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21 /***********************************************************************\
23 * Arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic. *
24 * For speed, we work in groups of bits, even though this *
25 * complicates algorithms. *
26 * Each group of bits is called a 'littlenum'. *
27 * A bunch of littlenums representing a (possibly large) *
28 * integer is called a 'bignum'. *
31 \***********************************************************************/
33 #define LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS (16)
34 #define LITTLENUM_RADIX (1 << LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS)
35 #define LITTLENUM_MASK (0xFFFF)
36 #define LITTLENUM_SHIFT (1)
37 #define CHARS_PER_LITTLENUM (1 << LITTLENUM_SHIFT)
39 #define BITS_PER_CHAR (8)
42 typedef unsigned short LITTLENUM_TYPE
;