integer size

[Sisyphus]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Croonenberg" <ron.croonenberg at gmail.com>
To: "Torbjorn Granlund" <tg at gmplib.org>
Cc: <gmp-discuss at gmplib.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: integer size


> sorry about the late reaction.
>
> I checked that section,  however it says "Return the size of 'op' measured
> in number of digits in the given base"
>
> However that is not what I want to know.  I want to know if I use an
> mpz_t integer what it's actual size (in bytes) in memory is, not the
> number of digits it has in a certain base.

To get the size in bytes, take the size of 'op' measured in number of digits
in base 2, and divide by 8.

Cheers,
Rob