FLINT3.7.0-dev

MP_REAL_EXP_MAX

Synopsis#include <flint/mp_real.h>
MP_REAL_EXP_MAXsource

The largest safe limb exponent, WORD_MAX / (4 * FLINT_BITS). Since several functions form the bit exponent FLINT_BITS * exp, this keeps bit exponents below WORD_MAX / 4, which is 2^{61} on 64-bit machines.

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The FLINT team, “MP_REAL_EXP_MAX (mp_real.h),” FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev, 2026. https://flintlib.org/doc/mp_real/MP_REAL_EXP_MAX.html (generated 2026-10-20).