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Diffstat (limited to 'bignum.c')
-rw-r--r-- | bignum.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ rb_int2inum(SIGNED_VALUE n) * for each 0 <= i < num_longs. * So buf is little endian at whole on a little endian machine. * But buf is mixed endian on a big endian machine. + * + * The buf represents negative integers as two's complement. + * So, the most significant bit of the most significant word, + * (buf[num_longs-1]>>(SIZEOF_LONG*CHAR_BIT-1)), + * is the sign bit: 1 means negative and 0 means zero or positive. + * + * If given size of buf (num_longs) is not enough to represent val, + * higier words (including a sign bit) are ignored. */ void rb_big_pack(VALUE val, unsigned long *buf, long num_longs) @@ -391,7 +399,7 @@ rb_big_pack(VALUE val, unsigned long *buf, long num_longs) } } -/* See rb_big_pack comment for endianness of buf. */ +/* See rb_big_pack comment for endianness and sign of buf. */ VALUE rb_big_unpack(unsigned long *buf, long num_longs) { |