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Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 21:39:17 +0200 (CEST)

commit d714b7adc9fc6f52feaedd12d41cd4bedb51698f
Author: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
AuthorDate: Mon May 9 21:38:13 2016 +0200
Commit: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
CommitDate: Mon May 9 21:38:13 2016 +0200

    Some small changes and additions to the manual
    
    Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>

diff --git a/doc/libzahls-design.tex b/doc/libzahls-design.tex
index a46d5ea..060c1fd 100644
--- a/doc/libzahls-design.tex
+++ b/doc/libzahls-design.tex
_AT_@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ The data type used to represent a big integer with
 libzahl is {\tt z\_t},\footnote{This name actually
 violates the naming convention; it should be {\tt Z},
 or {\tt Zahl} to avoid single-letter names. But this
-violation is common place.} defined as
+violation is common-place.} defined as
 
 \begin{alltt}
    typedef struct zahl z_t[1];
_AT_@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ As a user, try not to think about anything else than
 \noindent
 details can change in future versions of libzahl.
 
-{\tt z\_t} is defined as a single-element array.
-This is often called a reference. There are some
-flexibility issues with this, why {\tt struct zahl}
-has beed added, but for most uses with big integers,
-it makes things simpler. Particularly, you need not
-work prepend {\tt \&} to variable when making function
-calls, but the existence of {\tt struct zahl} allows
-you do so if you so choose.
+{\tt z\_t} is defined as a single-element array. This
+is often called a reference, or a call-by-reference.
+There are some flexibility issues with this, why
+{\tt struct zahl} has beed added, but for most uses
+with big integers, it makes things simpler. Particularly,
+you need not work prepend {\tt \&} to variable when making
+function calls, but the existence of {\tt struct zahl}
+allows you do so if you so choose.
 
 The {\tt .sign} member, is either $-1$, 0, or 1,
 when the integer is negative, zero, or positive,
_AT_@ -254,3 +254,9 @@ rather than
 \noindent
 This assumption is not made for non-commutative
 functions.
+
+When writting your own functions, be aware,
+input-parameters are generally not declared {\tt const}
+in libzahl. Currently, some functions actually make
+modifications (that do not affect the value) to
+input-parameters.
Received on Mon May 09 2016 - 21:39:17 CEST