Converting array to mpz_t

[XiChimos]

I am doing a network program that reads data off of a socket and puts it 
into an array.  How would I read in this data that is in the raw format, 
as spit out by mpz_out_raw(), into an mpz_t?  It is probably trivial, 
but it needs to be an efficient method.  I am not using mpz_inp_str() 
because it has a maximum base of 36, and I assume raw is base 2^8.  
Thanks for the help.

Chris