Re: strings in GMP need nil-termination

[Kevin Ryde]

Matt Carter <address@hidden> writes:
>
> It would be nice if GMP functions which take strings (e.g. mpf_set_str())
> did not require nil-terminated strings.

Yes.  There's an entry in doc/tasks.html for that (about mpz_set_str,
which is where I'd first felt the need).

> Applications that do this cannot use the GMP functions which take
> nil-terminated strings unless they make copies of the strings before passing
> them in (which is costly).

And tedious.

> The problem could be solved if the GMP functions which take nil-terminated
> strings had sister functions which took non-nil-terminated strings

mpz_set_mem or something maybe.

> (they'd
> take an extra "int length" or "char *end" parameter).

A size_t length might be good.