mpz_init(x) does not set x's value to zero

[Will Galway]

Just to follow-up on Torbjorn's reply, your example seems to have little 
to do with properly using GMP.

Only someone who's familiar with the precise details of GMP's 
implementation should be using the kind of pointer operations that your 
program uses.  Your program shows no signs of demonstrating that the 
initialization goes wrong, but rather that you are not using GMP correctly.

After your calls to "mpz_init(...)" you should go on to use functions 
like "mpz_add(...)", "mpz_mul(...)", "gmp_printf(...)", etc. in order to 
do arithmetic on the numbers and to print your results.  You should read 
through the manual to find some examples of proper coding style, or see 
the "demos" subdirectory of the GMP distribution.

-- Regards, Will

On 2012-02-02 12:46, Christina Vichou wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I use fedora 14 and i have installed gnu mp 5.0.3 in my acer lap top.
> There is a really unexpected problem. I simply try to compile the next lines:
>
>             source code:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #include<stdio.h>
> #include<gmp.h>
>
> main(int argc, char **argv){
>
> int a=5;
>
> mpz_t kal, b;
>
> mpz_init(kal);
> mpz_init(b);
>
> mpz_t *point=&kal;
>
> printf("a=%d\n", a);
> printf("*(&a)=%d\n", *(&a));
>
> printf("*(&kal)=%d\n", *(&kal));
> printf("&kal=%d\n",&kal);
> printf("*point=%d\n", *point);
> printf("&point=%d\n",&point);
> printf("kal=%d\n", kal);
>
> printf("b=%d\n", b);
>
> mpz_clear(kal); mpz_clear(b);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> and the result in my system is every time something like:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> a=5
> *(&a)=5
> *(&kal)=453871456
> &kal=453871456
> *point=453871456
> &point=453871432
> kal=453871456
> b=453871440
>
> As you san see i use *,&  and an int type variable in order to find in which cases the initialization goes wrong. I can tell that the problem happens every time i want to initialize an mpz_t variable..
>
> I really need help with this instantly.
> Thank you very much.
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