Bit flip only function?

[Viktor Kletzhändler]

Thanks for the reply.

mpz_com seems to do more than flipping. 

For example, for a base-2 number
mpz_com ( 1111 1111 ) returns ( -1 0000 0000 )
whereas I would like _dcom ( 1111 1111 ) returns ( 0 ).

Am I missing something?

--vk


Am 20.07.2014 um 16:46 schrieb Pedro Gimeno:

> Viktor Kletzhändler wrote, On 2014-07-20 12:47:
>> The mpz_ logical and bit manipulation functions all seem to work on two's complement representations (as indicated in the manual). This is also true for the respective mpn_ functions, as far as I can see.
>> 
>> Is there an efficient "bit flip only" function (equivalent to the ~ operator)?
> 
> Yes. That operator performs the one's complement of the operand. In GMP
> that function is performed by mpz_com; see manual on usage.