Infinite loop in mpz_probab_prime_p

[Darin Ohashi]

>
>Perhaps these faster numbers quickly identified as composite?
>

That's very possible.  I had not investigated it that closely.

>
>In your case, ln2 will become 96884649.  That's a long loop...!
>

Indeed.  I guess any large integer that is the product of large primes
will have this problem.

>If you're in a hurry, you can simply remove the statement ln2 =
>ln2 * ln2; to shorten the division loop.

Ok, thanks.

Darin

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