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+/* mpn_sizeinbase -- approximation to chars required for an mpn.
+
+ THE FUNCTIONS IN THIS FILE ARE FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY. THEY'RE ALMOST
+ CERTAIN TO BE SUBJECT TO INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES OR DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY IN
+ FUTURE GNU MP RELEASES.
+
+Copyright 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of the GNU MP Library.
+
+The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with the GNU MP Library. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. */
+
+#include "gmp.h"
+#include "gmp-impl.h"
+#include "longlong.h"
+
+
+/* Same as mpz_sizeinbase, meaning exact for power-of-2 bases, and either
+ exact or 1 too big for other bases. */
+
+size_t
+mpn_sizeinbase (mp_srcptr xp, mp_size_t xsize, int base)
+{
+ int lb_base, cnt;
+ mp_size_t totbits;
+
+ ASSERT (xsize >= 0);
+ ASSERT (base >= 2);
+ ASSERT (base < numberof (__mp_bases));
+
+ /* Special case for X == 0. */
+ if (xsize == 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Calculate the total number of significant bits of X. */
+ count_leading_zeros (cnt, xp[xsize-1]);
+ totbits = xsize * BITS_PER_MP_LIMB - cnt;
+
+ if (POW2_P (base))
+ {
+ /* Special case for powers of 2, giving exact result. */
+ lb_base = __mp_bases[base].big_base;
+ return (totbits + lb_base - 1) / lb_base;
+ }
+ else
+ return (size_t) (totbits * __mp_bases[base].chars_per_bit_exactly) + 1;
+}