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1 #ifndef Py_LONGINTREPR_H
2 #define Py_LONGINTREPR_H
3 #ifdef __cplusplus
4 extern "C" {
5 #endif
8 /* This is published for the benefit of "friend" marshal.c only. */
10 /* Parameters of the long integer representation.
11 These shouldn't have to be changed as C should guarantee that a short
12 contains at least 16 bits, but it's made changeable anyway.
13 Note: 'digit' should be able to hold 2*MASK+1, and 'twodigits'
14 should be able to hold the intermediate results in 'mul'
15 (at most (BASE-1)*(2*BASE+1) == MASK*(2*MASK+3)).
16 Also, x_sub assumes that 'digit' is an unsigned type, and overflow
17 is handled by taking the result mod 2**N for some N > SHIFT.
18 And, at some places it is assumed that MASK fits in an int, as well.
19 long_pow() requires that SHIFT be divisible by 5. */
21 typedef unsigned short digit;
22 typedef unsigned int wdigit; /* digit widened to parameter size */
23 #define BASE_TWODIGITS_TYPE long
24 typedef unsigned BASE_TWODIGITS_TYPE twodigits;
25 typedef BASE_TWODIGITS_TYPE stwodigits; /* signed variant of twodigits */
27 #define PyLong_SHIFT 15
28 #define PyLong_BASE ((digit)1 << PyLong_SHIFT)
29 #define PyLong_MASK ((int)(PyLong_BASE - 1))
31 /* b/w compatibility with Python 2.5 */
32 #define SHIFT PyLong_SHIFT
33 #define BASE PyLong_BASE
34 #define MASK PyLong_MASK
36 #if PyLong_SHIFT % 5 != 0
37 #error "longobject.c requires that PyLong_SHIFT be divisible by 5"
38 #endif
40 /* Long integer representation.
41 The absolute value of a number is equal to
42 SUM(for i=0 through abs(ob_size)-1) ob_digit[i] * 2**(SHIFT*i)
43 Negative numbers are represented with ob_size < 0;
44 zero is represented by ob_size == 0.
45 In a normalized number, ob_digit[abs(ob_size)-1] (the most significant
46 digit) is never zero. Also, in all cases, for all valid i,
47 0 <= ob_digit[i] <= MASK.
48 The allocation function takes care of allocating extra memory
49 so that ob_digit[0] ... ob_digit[abs(ob_size)-1] are actually available.
51 CAUTION: Generic code manipulating subtypes of PyVarObject has to
52 aware that longs abuse ob_size's sign bit.
55 struct _longobject {
56 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
57 digit ob_digit[1];
60 PyAPI_FUNC(PyLongObject *) _PyLong_New(Py_ssize_t);
62 /* Return a copy of src. */
63 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyLong_Copy(PyLongObject *src);
65 #ifdef __cplusplus
67 #endif
68 #endif /* !Py_LONGINTREPR_H */