X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/catacomb/blobdiff_plain/b817bfc642225b8c3c0b6a7e42d1fb949b61a606..02dfbd5b7af7816959dbd39c1fe628451204e35f:/mptext-len.c

diff --git a/mptext-len.c b/mptext-len.c
index 5baa389..ffb2df9 100644
--- a/mptext-len.c
+++ b/mptext-len.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: mptext-len.c,v 1.2 2004/04/08 01:36:15 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id$
  *
  * Work out length of a number's string representation
  *
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  *
  * Returns:	The number of digits needed to represent the number in the
  *		given base.  This will not include space for a leading sign
- *		(use @MP_ISNEG@ to check that, or just add one on for luck);
+ *		(use @MP_NEGP@ to check that, or just add one on for luck);
  *		neither will it add space for a terminating null.  In general
  *		the answer will be an overestimate.
  */
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ size_t mptext_len(mp *x, int r)
 
   /* --- Find the right pair of points --- */
 
+  if (r < 0) r = -r;
   do {
     s = ss;
     d++;