mpn_sizeinbase

[Niels Möller]

bodrato at mail.dm.unipi.it writes:

> 1) mpz/generic/sizeinbase.c is unused.

s/mpz/mpn/, right?

> Should we remove it? Or, at least, write it as:
>
> size_t
> mpn_sizeinbase (mp_srcptr xp, mp_size_t xsize, int base)
> {
>   size_t  result;
>   MPN_SIZEINBASE (result, xp, xsize, base);
>   return result;
> }

I think it makes sense to keep the function, and to reimplement it like
that.

Also the documentation for mpn_get_str ought to be revised, and the
revised version ought to refer to mpn_sizeinbase as the recommended
method for figuring out the space needed.

Regards,
/Niels

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