Re: [mpir-devel] mpz_get_str encoding

2011-10-25 Thread Bob Smith
On 10/25/2011 7:24 PM, leif wrote: leif wrote: Bob Smith wrote: I'm puzzled by the description of this function which says that the base may vary from 2..36 and -2..-36, but then goes on to describe the allowed chars in the string for bases 37..62. [...] Oh, actually the answer is simpler. T

Re: [mpir-devel] mpz_get_str encoding

2011-10-25 Thread leif
leif wrote: > Bob Smith wrote: >> I'm puzzled by the description of this function which says that the base >> may vary from 2..36 and -2..-36, but then goes on to describe the >> allowed chars in the string for bases 37..62. >> >> Also, I see that you use the same odd rules as does GMP for differen

Re: [mpir-devel] mpz_get_str encoding

2011-10-25 Thread leif
Bob Smith wrote: > I'm puzzled by the description of this function which says that the base > may vary from 2..36 and -2..-36, but then goes on to describe the > allowed chars in the string for bases 37..62. > > Also, I see that you use the same odd rules as does GMP for different > bases. That i

[mpir-devel] mpz_get_str encoding

2011-10-25 Thread Bob Smith
I'm puzzled by the description of this function which says that the base may vary from 2..36 and -2..-36, but then goes on to describe the allowed chars in the string for bases 37..62. Also, I see that you use the same odd rules as does GMP for different bases. That is, Bases Allo