X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/disorder/blobdiff_plain/74a94bd06358ca24b4a3a1acaa524c7235f38664..d7b6f0d1cda54fe872145ab6ee20bf5bc131be8d:/lib/basen.c

diff --git a/lib/basen.c b/lib/basen.c
index 69ab273..362ab58 100644
--- a/lib/basen.c
+++ b/lib/basen.c
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 
 #include "basen.h"
 
-/* test whether v is 0 */
+/** @brief Test whether v is 0
+ * @param v Pointer to bigendian bignum
+ * @param nwords Length of bignum
+ * @return !v
+ */
 static int zero(const unsigned long *v, int nwords) {
   int n;
 
@@ -34,7 +38,14 @@ static int zero(const unsigned long *v, int nwords) {
   return n == nwords;
 }
 
-/* divide v by m returning the remainder */
+/** @brief Divide v by m returning the remainder.
+ * @param v Pointer to bigendian bignum
+ * @param nwords Length of bignum
+ * @param m Divisor (must not be 0)
+ * @return Remainder
+ *
+ * The quotient is stored in @p v.
+ */
 static unsigned divide(unsigned long *v, int nwords, unsigned long m) {
   unsigned long r = 0, a, b;
   int n;
@@ -54,6 +65,17 @@ static unsigned divide(unsigned long *v, int nwords, unsigned long m) {
   return r;
 }
 
+/** @brief Convert v to a chosen base
+ * @param v Pointer to bigendian bignum
+ * @param nwords Length of bignum
+ * @param buffer Output buffer
+ * @param bufsize Size of output buffer
+ * @param base Number base (2..62)
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 if the buffer is too small
+ *
+ * Converts @p v to a string in the given base using decimal digits, lower case
+ * letter sand upper case letters as digits.
+ */
 int basen(unsigned long *v,
 	  int nwords,
 	  char buffer[],