2005-07-04 Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
[binutils.git] / gas / bignum.h
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1 /* bignum.h-arbitrary precision integers
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20 /***********************************************************************\
21 * *
22 * Arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic. *
23 * For speed, we work in groups of bits, even though this *
24 * complicates algorithms. *
25 * Each group of bits is called a 'littlenum'. *
26 * A bunch of littlenums representing a (possibly large) *
27 * integer is called a 'bignum'. *
28 * Bignums are >= 0. *
29 * *
30 \***********************************************************************/
32 #define LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS (16)
33 #define LITTLENUM_RADIX (1 << LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS)
34 #define LITTLENUM_MASK (0xFFFF)
35 #define LITTLENUM_SHIFT (1)
36 #define CHARS_PER_LITTLENUM (1 << LITTLENUM_SHIFT)
37 #ifndef BITS_PER_CHAR
38 #define BITS_PER_CHAR (8)
39 #endif
41 typedef unsigned short LITTLENUM_TYPE;