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Re: Additions to the gh_ interface.

Jim Blandy writes:
 > 
 > Okay.  I think, in most cases, people just want a long they can frob,
 > and want the type error raised for them by default.  However, people
 > who do want to take the trouble should certainly be able to, so we
 > need some function for this.
 > 
 > There may even be one; I certainly don't know the bignum code inside
 > and out.
 > 
 > I don't know how easy bignums are to manipulate from C code.  By
 > Aubrey's reputation, the primitives present are probably exactly the
 > right ones for SCM's purposes, but not what you'd expect for other
 > purposes.
 > 

Would an interface to the gmp library help?

	    Klaus Schilling