_ptr and _srcptr types

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2018-05-16 14:04:02 +0200, Niels Möller wrote:
> It shouldn't be so difficult for users familiar with the fine points of
> arrays and pointers in C. mpz_t is a typedef for a size 1 array
> containing the internal struct, and mpz_ptr is a pointer to the same
> struct, i.e., the type that an mpz_t "decays" to in expression context.

Yes, and anyway, users could already ugly things without using mpz_ptr
explicitly (without any compiler warning):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <gmp.h>

int main (void)
{
  mpz_t x, y;
  void *p = x;

  mpz_init (x);
  mpz_init (y);

  mpz_set_ui (x, 1);
  mpz_set_ui (y, 2);
  mpz_add (p, x, y);
  gmp_printf ("%Zd\n", x);

  mpz_clear (x);
  mpz_clear (y);
  return 0;
}

With mpz_ptr, it would just be a bit cleaner. And there are good
usages of mpz_ptr.

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