DoxigAlpha

addScalar

r = a + scalar

r and a may be aliases. scalar is a primitive integer type.

Asserts the result fits in r. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by r is @max(a.limbs.len, calcLimbLen(scalar)) + 1.

Function parameters

Parameters

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r:*Mutable
scalar:anytype

Used to indicate either limit of a 2s-complement integer.

Types

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TwosCompIntLimit
Used to indicate either limit of a 2s-complement integer.
Mutable
A arbitrary-precision big integer, with a fixed set of mutable limbs.
Const
A arbitrary-precision big integer, with a fixed set of immutable limbs.
Managed
An arbitrary-precision big integer along with an allocator which manages the memory.

Returns the number of limbs needed to store `scalar`, which must be a

Functions

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calcLimbLen
Returns the number of limbs needed to store `scalar`, which must be a
calcSetStringLimbCount
Assumes `string_len` doesn't account for minus signs if the number is negative.
calcNonZeroTwosCompLimbCount
Compute the number of limbs required to store a 2s-complement number of `bit_count` bits.
calcTwosCompLimbCount
Compute the number of limbs required to store a 2s-complement number of `bit_count` bits.
addMulLimbWithCarry
a + b * c + *carry, sets carry to the overflow bits
llcmp
Returns -1, 0, 1 if |a| < |b|, |a| == |b| or |a| > |b| respectively for limbs.

Source

Implementation

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pub fn addScalar(r: *Mutable, a: Const, scalar: anytype) void {
    // Normally we could just determine the number of limbs needed with calcLimbLen,
    // but that is not comptime-known when scalar is not a comptime_int.  Instead, we
    // use calcTwosCompLimbCount for a non-comptime_int scalar, which can be pessimistic
    // in the case that scalar happens to be small in magnitude within its type, but it
    // is well worth being able to use the stack and not needing an allocator passed in.
    // Note that Mutable.init still sets len to calcLimbLen(scalar) in any case.
    const limbs_len = comptime switch (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(scalar))) {
        .comptime_int => calcLimbLen(scalar),
        .int => |info| calcTwosCompLimbCount(info.bits),
        else => @compileError("expected scalar to be an int"),
    };
    var limbs: [limbs_len]Limb = undefined;
    const operand = init(&limbs, scalar).toConst();
    return add(r, a, operand);
}