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mp.c: Describe `MP' and `GF' conversion semantics.
[catacomb-python]
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static PyTypeObject mp_pytype_skel = {
/* @tp_doc@ */
"Multiprecision integers, similar to `long' but more efficient and\n\
/* @tp_doc@ */
"Multiprecision integers, similar to `long' but more efficient and\n\
-versatile. Support all the standard arithmetic operations.\n\
+versatile. Support all the standard arithmetic operations, with\n\
+implicit conversions from `PrimeFilter', and other objects which\n\
+convert to `long'.\n\
\n\
Constructor MP(X, radix = R) attempts to convert X to an `MP'. If\n\
X is a string, it's read in radix-R form, or we look for a prefix\n\
\n\
Constructor MP(X, radix = R) attempts to convert X to an `MP'. If\n\
X is a string, it's read in radix-R form, or we look for a prefix\n\
-if R = 0. Other acceptable things are ints and longs.\n\
+if R = 0. Other acceptable things are field elements, elliptic curve\n\
+points, group elements, Python `int' and `long' objects, and anything\n\
+with an integer conversion.\n\
\n\
Notes:\n\
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Notes:\n\
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-2085,7
+2089,9
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operations.\n\
\n\
Constructor GF(X, radix = R) attempts to convert X to a `GF'. If\n\
X is a string, it's read in radix-R form, or we look for a prefix\n\
\n\
Constructor GF(X, radix = R) attempts to convert X to a `GF'. If\n\
X is a string, it's read in radix-R form, or we look for a prefix\n\
-if R = 0. Other acceptable things are ints and longs.\n\
+if R = 0. Other acceptable things are field elements, elliptic curve\n\
+points, group elements, Python `int' and `long' objects, and anything\n\
+with an integer conversion.\n\
\n\
The name is hopelessly wrong from a technical point of view, but\n\
but it's much easier to type than `p2' or `c2' or whatever.\n\
\n\
The name is hopelessly wrong from a technical point of view, but\n\
but it's much easier to type than `p2' or `c2' or whatever.\n\