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Re: initializing long mpi-variables


From: Kevin Ryde
Subject: Re: initializing long mpi-variables
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:30:31 +1000
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address@hidden writes:
>
> Is it possible to do initialize and use mpz_setbit with a mpz-variables ?

If you mean can you use an mpz_t for the bit-location to set, then no.

It doesn't really make sense to do so, since an "unsigned long" is at
least 2^32 and very few computers can even store a number that big,
let alone do anything with it.

> How big can the number get depending on the memory ?

Generally you're limited only by available memory.



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