cmp.c

/* mpn_cmp -- Compare two low-level natural-number integers.

Copyright (C) 1991-2016 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
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#include <gmp.h>
#include "gmp-impl.h"

/* Compare OP1_PTR/OP1_SIZE with OP2_PTR/OP2_SIZE.
   There are no restrictions on the relative sizes of
   the two arguments.
   Return 1 if OP1 > OP2, 0 if they are equal, and -1 if OP1 < OP2.  */

int
mpn_cmp (mp_srcptr op1_ptr, mp_srcptr op2_ptr, mp_size_t size)
{
  mp_size_t i;
  mp_limb_t op1_word, op2_word;

  for (i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
      op1_word = op1_ptr[i];
      op2_word = op2_ptr[i];
      if (op1_word != op2_word)
	goto diff;
    }
  return 0;
 diff:
  /* This can *not* be simplified to
	op2_word - op2_word
     since that expression might give signed overflow.  */
  return (op1_word > op2_word) ? 1 : -1;
}