integer size

[Torbjorn Granlund]

Ron Croonenberg <ron.croonenberg at gmail.com> writes:

  is there a way to find out how much space an integer uses?  of course
  in c one can do something like sizeof(int)  but when I use something
  like that with a gmp int I always end up getting 16. (even thought the
  integer is quite large.

Please see the fine manual, chapter Integer Functions, section
Miscellaneous Functions.

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Torbjörn