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author | Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se> | 2011-05-04 21:26:01 +0200 |
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committer | Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se> | 2011-05-04 21:26:01 +0200 |
commit | b1242a2b02b4b0c95bf232203e1c8181f5168fbf (patch) | |
tree | 565101dd2b7ded0326f8e470366558361cd80a0e /doc | |
parent | becb5aa1afa582219260da8d43997229e65e8453 (diff) | |
download | gmp-b1242a2b02b4b0c95bf232203e1c8181f5168fbf.tar.gz |
Fixed mpn_gcdext compatibility note; older versions needed space for
gp and sp corresponding to the *larger* input (plus one extra).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/gmp.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gmp.texi b/doc/gmp.texi index 09f778b4b..516478520 100644 --- a/doc/gmp.texi +++ b/doc/gmp.texi @@ -5387,11 +5387,11 @@ Both source operands are destroyed. Compatibility notes: GMP 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 defined @math{S} less strictly. Earlier as well as later GMP releases define @math{S} as described here. -GMP releases before GMP 4.3.0 required allocation of an extra limb for both -input and output areas. More precisely, the areas -@{@var{up}, @math{@var{un}+1}@} and @{@var{vp}, @math{@var{vn}+1}@} were -destroyed, and the areas pointed to by -@var{gp} and @var{sp} should each have room for @math{@var{vn}+1} limbs. +GMP releases before GMP 4.3.0 required additional space for both input and output +areas. More precisely, the areas @{@var{up}, @math{@var{un}+1}@} and +@{@var{vp}, @math{@var{vn}+1}@} were destroyed (i.e.@: the operands plus an +extra limb past the end of each), and the areas pointed to by @var{gp} and +@var{sp} should each have room for @math{@var{un}+1} limbs. @end deftypefun |