Improve bigint docs.

Convert instances of <string literal>.as_bytes() to byte string
literals. Also, add examples for from_bytes_le() and to_bytes_be().
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Nick Hamann 2015-04-15 14:43:37 -05:00
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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
//! A Big integer (signed version: `BigInt`, unsigned version: `BigUint`). //! A Big integer (signed version: `BigInt`, unsigned version: `BigUint`).
//! //!
//! A `BigUint` is represented as an array of `BigDigit`s. //! A `BigUint` is represented as a vector of `BigDigit`s.
//! A `BigInt` is a combination of `BigUint` and `Sign`. //! A `BigInt` is a combination of `BigUint` and `Sign`.
//! //!
//! Common numerical operations are overloaded, so we can treat them //! Common numerical operations are overloaded, so we can treat them
@ -938,14 +938,14 @@ impl BigUint {
/// ``` /// ```
/// use num::bigint::BigUint; /// use num::bigint::BigUint;
/// ///
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be("A".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be(b"A"),
/// BigUint::parse_bytes("65".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigUint::parse_bytes(b"65", 10).unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be("AA".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be(b"AA"),
/// BigUint::parse_bytes("16705".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigUint::parse_bytes(b"16705", 10).unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be("AB".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be(b"AB"),
/// BigUint::parse_bytes("16706".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigUint::parse_bytes(b"16706", 10).unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be("Hello world!".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigUint::from_bytes_be(b"Hello world!"),
/// BigUint::parse_bytes("22405534230753963835153736737".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigUint::parse_bytes(b"22405534230753963835153736737", 10).unwrap());
/// ``` /// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn from_bytes_be(bytes: &[u8]) -> BigUint { pub fn from_bytes_be(bytes: &[u8]) -> BigUint {
@ -967,6 +967,15 @@ impl BigUint {
} }
/// Returns the byte representation of the `BigUint` in little-endian byte order. /// Returns the byte representation of the `BigUint` in little-endian byte order.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use num::bigint::BigUint;
///
/// let i = BigUint::parse_bytes(b"1125", 10).unwrap();
/// assert_eq!(i.to_bytes_le(), vec![101, 4]);
/// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn to_bytes_le(&self) -> Vec<u8> { pub fn to_bytes_le(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
let mut result = Vec::new(); let mut result = Vec::new();
@ -991,6 +1000,15 @@ impl BigUint {
} }
/// Returns the byte representation of the `BigUint` in big-endian byte order. /// Returns the byte representation of the `BigUint` in big-endian byte order.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use num::bigint::BigUint;
///
/// let i = BigUint::parse_bytes(b"1125", 10).unwrap();
/// assert_eq!(i.to_bytes_be(), vec![4, 101]);
/// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn to_bytes_be(&self) -> Vec<u8> { pub fn to_bytes_be(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
let mut v = self.to_bytes_le(); let mut v = self.to_bytes_le();
@ -1005,9 +1023,9 @@ impl BigUint {
/// ``` /// ```
/// use num::bigint::{BigUint, ToBigUint}; /// use num::bigint::{BigUint, ToBigUint};
/// ///
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::parse_bytes("1234".as_bytes(), 10), ToBigUint::to_biguint(&1234)); /// assert_eq!(BigUint::parse_bytes(b"1234", 10), ToBigUint::to_biguint(&1234));
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::parse_bytes("ABCD".as_bytes(), 16), ToBigUint::to_biguint(&0xABCD)); /// assert_eq!(BigUint::parse_bytes(b"ABCD", 16), ToBigUint::to_biguint(&0xABCD));
/// assert_eq!(BigUint::parse_bytes("G".as_bytes(), 16), None); /// assert_eq!(BigUint::parse_bytes(b"G", 16), None);
/// ``` /// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn parse_bytes(buf: &[u8], radix: u32) -> Option<BigUint> { pub fn parse_bytes(buf: &[u8], radix: u32) -> Option<BigUint> {
@ -1713,14 +1731,14 @@ impl BigInt {
/// ``` /// ```
/// use num::bigint::{BigInt, Sign}; /// use num::bigint::{BigInt, Sign};
/// ///
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, "A".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, b"A"),
/// BigInt::parse_bytes("65".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigInt::parse_bytes(b"65", 10).unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, "AA".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, b"AA"),
/// BigInt::parse_bytes("16705".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigInt::parse_bytes(b"16705", 10).unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, "AB".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, b"AB"),
/// BigInt::parse_bytes("16706".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigInt::parse_bytes(b"16706", 10).unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, "Hello world!".as_bytes()), /// assert_eq!(BigInt::from_bytes_be(Sign::Plus, b"Hello world!"),
/// BigInt::parse_bytes("22405534230753963835153736737".as_bytes(), 10).unwrap()); /// BigInt::parse_bytes(b"22405534230753963835153736737", 10).unwrap());
/// ``` /// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn from_bytes_be(sign: Sign, bytes: &[u8]) -> BigInt { pub fn from_bytes_be(sign: Sign, bytes: &[u8]) -> BigInt {
@ -1736,12 +1754,30 @@ impl BigInt {
} }
/// Returns the sign and the byte representation of the `BigInt` in little-endian byte order. /// Returns the sign and the byte representation of the `BigInt` in little-endian byte order.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use num::bigint::{ToBigInt, Sign};
///
/// let i = -1125.to_bigint().unwrap();
/// assert_eq!(i.to_bytes_le(), (Sign::Minus, vec![101, 4]));
/// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn to_bytes_le(&self) -> (Sign, Vec<u8>) { pub fn to_bytes_le(&self) -> (Sign, Vec<u8>) {
(self.sign, self.data.to_bytes_le()) (self.sign, self.data.to_bytes_le())
} }
/// Returns the sign and the byte representation of the `BigInt` in big-endian byte order. /// Returns the sign and the byte representation of the `BigInt` in big-endian byte order.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use num::bigint::{ToBigInt, Sign};
///
/// let i = -1125.to_bigint().unwrap();
/// assert_eq!(i.to_bytes_be(), (Sign::Minus, vec![4, 101]));
/// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn to_bytes_be(&self) -> (Sign, Vec<u8>) { pub fn to_bytes_be(&self) -> (Sign, Vec<u8>) {
(self.sign, self.data.to_bytes_be()) (self.sign, self.data.to_bytes_be())
@ -1754,9 +1790,9 @@ impl BigInt {
/// ``` /// ```
/// use num::bigint::{BigInt, ToBigInt}; /// use num::bigint::{BigInt, ToBigInt};
/// ///
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::parse_bytes("1234".as_bytes(), 10), ToBigInt::to_bigint(&1234)); /// assert_eq!(BigInt::parse_bytes(b"1234", 10), ToBigInt::to_bigint(&1234));
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::parse_bytes("ABCD".as_bytes(), 16), ToBigInt::to_bigint(&0xABCD)); /// assert_eq!(BigInt::parse_bytes(b"ABCD", 16), ToBigInt::to_bigint(&0xABCD));
/// assert_eq!(BigInt::parse_bytes("G".as_bytes(), 16), None); /// assert_eq!(BigInt::parse_bytes(b"G", 16), None);
/// ``` /// ```
#[inline] #[inline]
pub fn parse_bytes(buf: &[u8], radix: u32) -> Option<BigInt> { pub fn parse_bytes(buf: &[u8], radix: u32) -> Option<BigInt> {