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/* gnu.java.math.MPN
   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301 USA.

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obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
exception statement from your version. */

// Included from Kawa 1.6.62 with permission of the author,
// Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>.

package gnu.java.math;

/** This contains various low-level routines for unsigned bigints.
 * The interfaces match the mpn interfaces in gmp,
 * so it should be easy to replace them with fast native functions
 * that are trivial wrappers around the mpn_ functions in gmp
 * (at least on platforms that use 32-bit "limbs").
 */

public class MPN
{
  /** Add x[0:size-1] and y, and write the size least
   * significant words of the result to dest.
   * Return carry, either 0 or 1.
   * All values are unsigned.
   * This is basically the same as gmp's mpn_add_1. */
  public static int add_1 (int[] dest, int[] x, int size, int y)
  {
    long carry = (long) y & 0xffffffffL;
    for (int i = 0;  i < size;  i++)
      {
        carry += ((long) x[i] & 0xffffffffL);
        dest[i] = (int) carry;
        carry >>= 32;
      }
    return (int) carry;
  }

  /** Add x[0:len-1] and y[0:len-1] and write the len least
   * significant words of the result to dest[0:len-1].
   * All words are treated as unsigned.
   * @return the carry, either 0 or 1
   * This function is basically the same as gmp's mpn_add_n.
   */
  public static int add_n (int dest[], int[] x, int[] y, int len)
  {
    long carry = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < len;  i++)
      {
        carry += ((long) x[i] & 0xffffffffL)
          + ((long) y[i] & 0xffffffffL);
        dest[i] = (int) carry;
        carry >>>= 32;
      }
    return (int) carry;
  }

  /** Subtract Y[0:size-1] from X[0:size-1], and write
   * the size least significant words of the result to dest[0:size-1].
   * Return borrow, either 0 or 1.
   * This is basically the same as gmp's mpn_sub_n function.
   */

  public static int sub_n (int[] dest, int[] X, int[] Y, int size)
  {
    int cy = 0;
    for (int i = 0;  i < size;  i++)
      {
        int y = Y[i];
        int x = X[i];
        y += cy;        /* add previous carry to subtrahend */
        // Invert the high-order bit, because: (unsigned) X > (unsigned) Y
        // iff: (int) (X^0x80000000) > (int) (Y^0x80000000).
        cy = (y^0x80000000) < (cy^0x80000000) ? 1 : 0;
        y = x - y;
        cy += (y^0x80000000) > (x ^ 0x80000000) ? 1 : 0;
        dest[i] = y;
      }
    return cy;
  }

  /** Multiply x[0:len-1] by y, and write the len least
   * significant words of the product to dest[0:len-1].
   * Return the most significant word of the product.
   * All values are treated as if they were unsigned
   * (i.e. masked with 0xffffffffL).
   * OK if dest==x (not sure if this is guaranteed for mpn_mul_1).
   * This function is basically the same as gmp's mpn_mul_1.
   */

  public static int mul_1 (int[] dest, int[] x, int len, int y)
  {
    long yword = (long) y & 0xffffffffL;
    long carry = 0;
    for (int j = 0;  j < len; j++)
      {
        carry += ((long) x[j] & 0xffffffffL) * yword;
        dest[j] = (int) carry;
        carry >>>= 32;
      }
    return (int) carry;
  }

  /**
   * Multiply x[0:xlen-1] and y[0:ylen-1], and
   * write the result to dest[0:xlen+ylen-1].
   * The destination has to have space for xlen+ylen words,
   * even if the result might be one limb smaller.
   * This function requires that xlen >= ylen.
   * The destination must be distinct from either input operands.
   * All operands are unsigned.
   * This function is basically the same gmp's mpn_mul. */

  public static void mul (int[] dest,
                          int[] x, int xlen,
                          int[] y, int ylen)
  {
    dest[xlen] = MPN.mul_1 (dest, x, xlen, y[0]);

    for (int i = 1;  i < ylen; i++)
      {
        long yword = (long) y[i] & 0xffffffffL;
        long carry = 0;
        for (int j = 0;  j < xlen; j++)
          {
            carry += ((long) x[j] & 0xffffffffL) * yword
              + ((long) dest[i+j] & 0xffffffffL);
            dest[i+j] = (int) carry;
            carry >>>= 32;
          }
        dest[i+xlen] = (int) carry;
      }
  }

  /* Divide (unsigned long) N by (unsigned int) D.
   * Returns (remainder << 32)+(unsigned int)(quotient).
   * Assumes (unsigned int)(N>>32) < (unsigned int)D.
   * Code transcribed from gmp-2.0's mpn_udiv_w_sdiv function.
   */
  public static long udiv_qrnnd (long N, int D)
  {
    long q, r;
    long a1 = N >>> 32;
    long a0 = N & 0xffffffffL;
    if (D >= 0)
      {
        if (a1 < ((D - a1 - (a0 >>> 31)) & 0xffffffffL))
          {
            /* dividend, divisor, and quotient are nonnegative */
            q = N / D;
            r = N % D;
          }
        else
          {
            /* Compute c1*2^32 + c0 = a1*2^32 + a0 - 2^31*d */
            long c = N - ((long) D << 31);
            /* Divide (c1*2^32 + c0) by d */
            q = c / D;
            r = c % D;
            /* Add 2^31 to quotient */
            q += 1 << 31;
          }
      }
    else
      {
        long b1 = D >>> 1;      /* d/2, between 2^30 and 2^31 - 1 */
        //long c1 = (a1 >> 1); /* A/2 */
        //int c0 = (a1 << 31) + (a0 >> 1);
        long c = N >>> 1;
        if (a1 < b1 || (a1 >> 1) < b1)
          {
            if (a1 < b1)
              {
                q = c / b1;
                r = c % b1;
              }
            else /* c1 < b1, so 2^31 <= (A/2)/b1 < 2^32 */
              {
                c = ~(c - (b1 << 32));
                q = c / b1;  /* (A/2) / (d/2) */
                r = c % b1;
                q = (~q) & 0xffffffffL;    /* (A/2)/b1 */
                r = (b1 - 1) - r; /* r < b1 => new r >= 0 */
              }
            r = 2 * r + (a0 & 1);
            if ((D & 1) != 0)
              {
                if (r >= q) {
                        r = r - q;
                } else if (q - r <= ((long) D & 0xffffffffL)) {
                       r = r - q + D;
                        q -= 1;
                } else {
                       r = r - q + D + D;
                        q -= 2;
                }
              }
          }
        else                            /* Implies c1 = b1 */
          {                             /* Hence a1 = d - 1 = 2*b1 - 1 */
            if (a0 >= ((long)(-D) & 0xffffffffL))
              {
                q = -1;
                r = a0 + D;
              }
            else
              {
                q = -2;
                r = a0 + D + D;
              }
          }
      }

    return (r << 32) | (q & 0xFFFFFFFFl);
  }

    /** Divide divident[0:len-1] by (unsigned int)divisor.
     * Write result into quotient[0:len-1.
     * Return the one-word (unsigned) remainder.
     * OK for quotient==dividend.
     */

  public static int divmod_1 (int[] quotient, int[] dividend,
                              int len, int divisor)
  {
    int i = len - 1;
    long r = dividend[i];
    if ((r & 0xffffffffL) >= ((long)divisor & 0xffffffffL))
      r = 0;
    else
      {
        quotient[i--] = 0;
        r <<= 32;
      }

    for (;  i >= 0;  i--)
      {
        int n0 = dividend[i];
        r = (r & ~0xffffffffL) | (n0 & 0xffffffffL);
        r = udiv_qrnnd (r, divisor);
        quotient[i] = (int) r;
      }
    return (int)(r >> 32);
  }

  /* Subtract x[0:len-1]*y from dest[offset:offset+len-1].
   * All values are treated as if unsigned.
   * @return the most significant word of
   * the product, minus borrow-out from the subtraction.
   */
  public static int submul_1 (int[] dest, int offset, int[] x, int len, int y)
  {
    long yl = (long) y & 0xffffffffL;
    int carry = 0;
    int j = 0;
    do
      {
        long prod = ((long) x[j] & 0xffffffffL) * yl;
        int prod_low = (int) prod;
        int prod_high = (int) (prod >> 32);
        prod_low += carry;
        // Invert the high-order bit, because: (unsigned) X > (unsigned) Y
        // iff: (int) (X^0x80000000) > (int) (Y^0x80000000).
        carry = ((prod_low ^ 0x80000000) < (carry ^ 0x80000000) ? 1 : 0)
          + prod_high;
        int x_j = dest[offset+j];
        prod_low = x_j - prod_low;
        if ((prod_low ^ 0x80000000) > (x_j ^ 0x80000000))
          carry++;
        dest[offset+j] = prod_low;
      }
    while (++j < len);
    return carry;
  }

  /** Divide zds[0:nx] by y[0:ny-1].
   * The remainder ends up in zds[0:ny-1].
   * The quotient ends up in zds[ny:nx].
   * Assumes:  nx>ny.
   * (int)y[ny-1] < 0  (i.e. most significant bit set)
   */

  public static void divide (int[] zds, int nx, int[] y, int ny)
  {
    // This is basically Knuth's formulation of the classical algorithm,
    // but translated from in scm_divbigbig in Jaffar's SCM implementation.

    // Correspondance with Knuth's notation:
    // Knuth's u[0:m+n] == zds[nx:0].
    // Knuth's v[1:n] == y[ny-1:0]
    // Knuth's n == ny.
    // Knuth's m == nx-ny.
    // Our nx == Knuth's m+n.

    // Could be re-implemented using gmp's mpn_divrem:
    // zds[nx] = mpn_divrem (&zds[ny], 0, zds, nx, y, ny).

    int j = nx;
    do
      {                          // loop over digits of quotient
        // Knuth's j == our nx-j.
        // Knuth's u[j:j+n] == our zds[j:j-ny].
        int qhat;  // treated as unsigned
        if (zds[j]==y[ny-1])
          qhat = -1;  // 0xffffffff
        else
          {
            long w = (((long)(zds[j])) << 32) + ((long)zds[j-1] & 0xffffffffL);
            qhat = (int) udiv_qrnnd (w, y[ny-1]);
          }
        if (qhat != 0)
          {
            int borrow = submul_1 (zds, j - ny, y, ny, qhat);
            int save = zds[j];
            long num = ((long)save&0xffffffffL) - ((long)borrow&0xffffffffL);
            while (num != 0)
              {
                qhat--;
                long carry = 0;
                for (int i = 0;  i < ny; i++)
                  {
                    carry += ((long) zds[j-ny+i] & 0xffffffffL)
                      + ((long) y[i] & 0xffffffffL);
                    zds[j-ny+i] = (int) carry;
                    carry >>>= 32;
                  }
                zds[j] += carry;
                num = carry - 1;
              }
          }
        zds[j] = qhat;
      } while (--j >= ny);
  }

  /** Number of digits in the conversion base that always fits in a word.
   * For example, for base 10 this is 9, since 10**9 is the
   * largest number that fits into a words (assuming 32-bit words).
   * This is the same as gmp's __mp_bases[radix].chars_per_limb.
   * @param radix the base
   * @return number of digits */
  public static int chars_per_word (int radix)
  {
    if (radix < 10)
      {
        if (radix < 8)
          {
            if (radix <= 2)
              return 32;
            else if (radix == 3)
              return 20;
            else if (radix == 4)
              return 16;
            else
              return 18 - radix;
          }
        else
          return 10;
      }
    else if (radix < 12)
      return 9;
    else if (radix <= 16)
      return 8;
    else if (radix <= 23)
      return 7;
    else if (radix <= 40)
      return 6;
    // The following are conservative, but we don't care.
    else if (radix <= 256)
      return 4;
    else
      return 1;
  }

  /** Count the number of leading zero bits in an int. */
  public static int count_leading_zeros (int i)
  {
    if (i == 0)
      return 32;
    int count = 0;
    for (int k = 16;  k > 0;  k = k >> 1) {
      int j = i >>> k;
      if (j == 0)
        count += k;
      else
        i = j;
    }
    return count;
  }

  public static int set_str (int dest[], byte[] str, int str_len, int base)
  {
    int size = 0;
    if ((base & (base - 1)) == 0)
      {
        // The base is a power of 2.  Read the input string from
        // least to most significant character/digit.  */

        int next_bitpos = 0;
        int bits_per_indigit = 0;
        for (int i = base; (i >>= 1) != 0; ) bits_per_indigit++;
        int res_digit = 0;

        for (int i = str_len;  --i >= 0; )
          {
            int inp_digit = str[i];
            res_digit |= inp_digit << next_bitpos;
            next_bitpos += bits_per_indigit;
            if (next_bitpos >= 32)
              {
                dest[size++] = res_digit;
                next_bitpos -= 32;
                res_digit = inp_digit >> (bits_per_indigit - next_bitpos);
              }
          }

        if (res_digit != 0)
          dest[size++] = res_digit;
      }
    else
      {
        // General case.  The base is not a power of 2.
        int indigits_per_limb = MPN.chars_per_word (base);
        int str_pos = 0;

        while (str_pos < str_len)
          {
            int chunk = str_len - str_pos;
            if (chunk > indigits_per_limb)
              chunk = indigits_per_limb;
            int res_digit = str[str_pos++];
            int big_base = base;

            while (--chunk > 0)
              {
                res_digit = res_digit * base + str[str_pos++];
                big_base *= base;
              }

            int cy_limb;
            if (size == 0)
              cy_limb = res_digit;
            else
              {
                cy_limb = MPN.mul_1 (dest, dest, size, big_base);
                cy_limb += MPN.add_1 (dest, dest, size, res_digit);
              }
            if (cy_limb != 0)
              dest[size++] = cy_limb;
          }
       }
    return size;
  }

  /** Compare x[0:size-1] with y[0:size-1], treating them as unsigned integers.
   * @result -1, 0, or 1 depending on if x&lt;y, x==y, or x&gt;y.
   * This is basically the same as gmp's mpn_cmp function.
   */
  public static int cmp (int[] x, int[] y, int size)
  {
    while (--size >= 0)
      {
        int x_word = x[size];
        int y_word = y[size];
        if (x_word != y_word)
          {
            // Invert the high-order bit, because:
            // (unsigned) X > (unsigned) Y iff
            // (int) (X^0x80000000) > (int) (Y^0x80000000).
            return (x_word ^ 0x80000000) > (y_word ^0x80000000) ? 1 : -1;
          }
      }
    return 0;
  }

  /**
   * Compare x[0:xlen-1] with y[0:ylen-1], treating them as unsigned integers.
   *
   * @return -1, 0, or 1 depending on if x&lt;y, x==y, or x&gt;y.
   */
  public static int cmp (int[] x, int xlen, int[] y, int ylen)
  {
    return xlen > ylen ? 1 : xlen < ylen ? -1 : cmp (x, y, xlen);
  }

  /**
   * Shift x[x_start:x_start+len-1] count bits to the "right"
   * (i.e. divide by 2**count).
   * Store the len least significant words of the result at dest.
   * The bits shifted out to the right are returned.
   * OK if dest==x.
   * Assumes: 0 &lt; count &lt; 32
   */
  public static int rshift (int[] dest, int[] x, int x_start,
                            int len, int count)
  {
    int count_2 = 32 - count;
    int low_word = x[x_start];
    int retval = low_word << count_2;
    int i = 1;
    for (; i < len;  i++)
      {
        int high_word = x[x_start+i];
        dest[i-1] = (low_word >>> count) | (high_word << count_2);
        low_word = high_word;
      }
    dest[i-1] = low_word >>> count;
    return retval;
  }

  /**
   * Shift x[x_start:x_start+len-1] count bits to the "right"
   * (i.e. divide by 2**count).
   * Store the len least significant words of the result at dest.
   * OK if dest==x.
   * Assumes: 0 &lt;= count &lt; 32
   * Same as rshift, but handles count==0 (and has no return value).
   */
  public static void rshift0 (int[] dest, int[] x, int x_start,
                              int len, int count)
  {
    if (count > 0)
      rshift(dest, x, x_start, len, count);
    else
      for (int i = 0;  i < len;  i++)
        dest[i] = x[i + x_start];
  }

  /** Return the long-truncated value of right shifting.
  * @param x a two's-complement "bignum"
  * @param len the number of significant words in x
  * @param count the shift count
  * @return (long)(x[0..len-1] &gt;&gt; count).
  */
  public static long rshift_long (int[] x, int len, int count)
  {
    int wordno = count >> 5;
    count &= 31;
    int sign = x[len-1] < 0 ? -1 : 0;
    int w0 = wordno >= len ? sign : x[wordno];
    wordno++;
    int w1 = wordno >= len ? sign : x[wordno];
    if (count != 0)
      {
        wordno++;
        int w2 = wordno >= len ? sign : x[wordno];
        w0 = (w0 >>> count) | (w1 << (32-count));
        w1 = (w1 >>> count) | (w2 << (32-count));
      }
    return ((long)w1 << 32) | ((long)w0 & 0xffffffffL);
  }

  /* Shift x[0:len-1] left by count bits, and store the len least
   * significant words of the result in dest[d_offset:d_offset+len-1].
   * Return the bits shifted out from the most significant digit.
   * Assumes 0 &lt; count &lt; 32.
   * OK if dest==x.
   */

  public static int lshift (int[] dest, int d_offset,
                            int[] x, int len, int count)
  {
    int count_2 = 32 - count;
    int i = len - 1;
    int high_word = x[i];
    int retval = high_word >>> count_2;
    d_offset++;
    while (--i >= 0)
      {
        int low_word = x[i];
        dest[d_offset+i] = (high_word << count) | (low_word >>> count_2);
        high_word = low_word;
      }
    dest[d_offset+i] = high_word << count;
    return retval;
  }

  /** Return least i such that word &amp; (1&lt;&lt;i). Assumes word!=0. */

  public static int findLowestBit (int word)
  {
    int i = 0;
    while ((word & 0xF) == 0)
      {
        word >>= 4;
        i += 4;
      }
    if ((word & 3) == 0)
      {
        word >>= 2;
        i += 2;
      }
    if ((word & 1) == 0)
      i += 1;
    return i;
  }

  /** Return least i such that words &amp; (1&lt;&lt;i). Assumes there is such an i. */

  public static int findLowestBit (int[] words)
  {
    for (int i = 0;  ; i++)
      {
        if (words[i] != 0)
          return 32 * i + findLowestBit (words[i]);
      }
  }

  /** Calculate Greatest Common Divisior of x[0:len-1] and y[0:len-1].
    * Assumes both arguments are non-zero.
    * Leaves result in x, and returns len of result.
    * Also destroys y (actually sets it to a copy of the result). */

  public static int gcd (int[] x, int[] y, int len)
  {
    int i, word;
    // Find sh such that both x and y are divisible by 2**sh.
    for (i = 0; ; i++)
      {
        word = x[i] | y[i];
        if (word != 0)
          {
            // Must terminate, since x and y are non-zero.
            break;
          }
      }
    int initShiftWords = i;
    int initShiftBits = findLowestBit (word);
    // Logically: sh = initShiftWords * 32 + initShiftBits

    // Temporarily devide both x and y by 2**sh.
    len -= initShiftWords;
    MPN.rshift0 (x, x, initShiftWords, len, initShiftBits);
    MPN.rshift0 (y, y, initShiftWords, len, initShiftBits);

    int[] odd_arg; /* One of x or y which is odd. */
    int[] other_arg; /* The other one can be even or odd. */
    if ((x[0] & 1) != 0)
      {
        odd_arg = x;
        other_arg = y;
      }
    else
      {
        odd_arg = y;
        other_arg = x;
      }

    for (;;)
      {
        // Shift other_arg until it is odd; this doesn't
        // affect the gcd, since we divide by 2**k, which does not
        // divide odd_arg.
        for (i = 0; other_arg[i] == 0; ) i++;
        if (i > 0)
          {
            int j;
            for (j = 0; j < len-i; j++)
                other_arg[j] = other_arg[j+i];
            for ( ; j < len; j++)
              other_arg[j] = 0;
          }
        i = findLowestBit(other_arg[0]);
        if (i > 0)
          MPN.rshift (other_arg, other_arg, 0, len, i);

        // Now both odd_arg and other_arg are odd.

        // Subtract the smaller from the larger.
        // This does not change the result, since gcd(a-b,b)==gcd(a,b).
        i = MPN.cmp(odd_arg, other_arg, len);
        if (i == 0)
            break;
        if (i > 0)
          { // odd_arg > other_arg
            MPN.sub_n (odd_arg, odd_arg, other_arg, len);
            // Now odd_arg is even, so swap with other_arg;
            int[] tmp = odd_arg; odd_arg = other_arg; other_arg = tmp;
          }
        else
          { // other_arg > odd_arg
            MPN.sub_n (other_arg, other_arg, odd_arg, len);
        }
        while (odd_arg[len-1] == 0 && other_arg[len-1] == 0)
          len--;
    }
    if (initShiftWords + initShiftBits > 0)
      {
        if (initShiftBits > 0)
          {
            int sh_out = MPN.lshift (x, initShiftWords, x, len, initShiftBits);
            if (sh_out != 0)
              x[(len++)+initShiftWords] = sh_out;
          }
        else
          {
            for (i = len; --i >= 0;)
              x[i+initShiftWords] = x[i];
          }
        for (i = initShiftWords;  --i >= 0; )
          x[i] = 0;
        len += initShiftWords;
      }
    return len;
  }

  public static int intLength (int i)
  {
    return 32 - count_leading_zeros (i < 0 ? ~i : i);
  }

  /** Calcaulte the Common Lisp "integer-length" function.
   * Assumes input is canonicalized:  len==BigInteger.wordsNeeded(words,len) */
  public static int intLength (int[] words, int len)
  {
    len--;
    return intLength (words[len]) + 32 * len;
  }

  /* DEBUGGING:
  public static void dprint (BigInteger x)
  {
    if (x.words == null)
      System.err.print(Long.toString((long) x.ival & 0xffffffffL, 16));
    else
      dprint (System.err, x.words, x.ival);
  }
  public static void dprint (int[] x) { dprint (System.err, x, x.length); }
  public static void dprint (int[] x, int len) { dprint (System.err, x, len); }
  public static void dprint (java.io.PrintStream ps, int[] x, int len)
  {
    ps.print('(');
    for (int i = 0;  i < len; i++)
      {
        if (i > 0)
          ps.print (' ');
        ps.print ("#x" + Long.toString ((long) x[i] & 0xffffffffL, 16));
      }
    ps.print(')');
  }
  */
}