FLINT3.7.0-dev

NFLOAT_MIN_LIMBS, NFLOAT_MAX_LIMBS

Synopsis#include <flint/nfloat.h>
NFLOAT_MIN_LIMBSsource
NFLOAT_MAX_LIMBSsource

The allowed numbers of words n: 1 \le n \le 66 on 64-bit machines and 1 \le n \le 132 on 32-bit machines, so at most 4224 bits. The upper limit keeps elements and temporary buffers small enough for the stack and makes copying and swapping cheap compared with a pointer-and-size representation.

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