Nativeint(3o)							   OCaml library						     Nativeint(3o)

NAME

       Nativeint - Processor-native integers.

Module
       Module	Nativeint

Documentation
       Module Nativeint
	: sig end

       Processor-native integers.

       This  module provides operations on the type nativeint of signed 32-bit integers (on 32-bit platforms) or signed 64-bit integers (on 64-bit
       platforms).  This integer type has exactly the same width as that of a long integer type in the C compiler.  All arithmetic operations over
       nativeint are taken modulo 2^{32 or 2^{64 depending on the word size of the architecture.

       Performance  notice: values of type nativeint occupy more memory space than values of type int , and arithmetic operations on nativeint are
       generally slower than those on int .  Use nativeint only when the application requires the extra bit of precision over the int type.

       val zero : nativeint

       The native integer 0.

       val one : nativeint

       The native integer 1.

       val minus_one : nativeint

       The native integer -1.

       val neg : nativeint -> nativeint

       Unary negation.

       val add : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Addition.

       val sub : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Subtraction.

       val mul : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Multiplication.

       val div : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Integer division.  Raise Division_by_zero if the second argument is zero.  This division rounds the real quotient of its arguments  towards
       zero, as specified for Pervasives.(/) .

       val rem : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Integer remainder.  If y is not zero, the result of Nativeint.rem x y satisfies the following properties: Nativeint.zero <= Nativeint.rem x
       y < Nativeint.abs y and x = Nativeint.add (Nativeint.mul (Nativeint.div x y) y) (Nativeint.rem x y) .  If y = 0 , Nativeint.rem x y  raises
       Division_by_zero .

       val succ : nativeint -> nativeint

       Successor.  Nativeint.succ x is Nativeint.add x Nativeint.one .

       val pred : nativeint -> nativeint

       Predecessor.  Nativeint.pred x is Nativeint.sub x Nativeint.one .

       val abs : nativeint -> nativeint

       Return the absolute value of its argument.

       val size : int

       The size in bits of a native integer.  This is equal to 32 on a 32-bit platform and to 64 on a 64-bit platform.

       val max_int : nativeint

       The greatest representable native integer, either 2^{31 - 1 on a 32-bit platform, or 2^{63 - 1 on a 64-bit platform.

       val min_int : nativeint

       The greatest representable native integer, either -2^{31 on a 32-bit platform, or -2^{63 on a 64-bit platform.

       val logand : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Bitwise logical and.

       val logor : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Bitwise logical or.

       val logxor : nativeint -> nativeint -> nativeint

       Bitwise logical exclusive or.

       val lognot : nativeint -> nativeint

       Bitwise logical negation

       val shift_left : nativeint -> int -> nativeint

       Nativeint.shift_left  x	y  shifts  x to the left by y bits.  The result is unspecified if y < 0 or y >= bitsize , where bitsize is 32 on a
       32-bit platform and 64 on a 64-bit platform.

       val shift_right : nativeint -> int -> nativeint

       Nativeint.shift_right x y shifts x to the right by y bits.  This is an arithmetic shift: the sign bit of x is replicated  and  inserted	in
       the vacated bits.  The result is unspecified if y < 0 or y >= bitsize .

       val shift_right_logical : nativeint -> int -> nativeint

       Nativeint.shift_right_logical  x  y  shifts  x  to  the	right by y bits.  This is a logical shift: zeroes are inserted in the vacated bits
       regardless of the sign of x .  The result is unspecified if y < 0 or y >= bitsize .

       val of_int : int -> nativeint

       Convert the given integer (type int ) to a native integer (type nativeint ).

       val to_int : nativeint -> int

       Convert the given native integer (type nativeint ) to an integer (type int ).  The high-order bit is lost during the conversion.

       val of_float : float -> nativeint

       Convert the given floating-point number to a native integer, discarding the fractional part (truncate towards 0).  The result of  the  con-
       version is undefined if, after truncation, the number is outside the range [ Nativeint.min_int , Nativeint.max_int ].

       val to_float : nativeint -> float

       Convert the given native integer to a floating-point number.

       val of_int32 : int32 -> nativeint

       Convert the given 32-bit integer (type int32 ) to a native integer.

       val to_int32 : nativeint -> int32

       Convert	the given native integer to a 32-bit integer (type int32 ).  On 64-bit platforms, the 64-bit native integer is taken modulo 2^{32,
       i.e. the top 32 bits are lost.  On 32-bit platforms, the conversion is exact.

       val of_string : string -> nativeint

       Convert the given string to a native integer.  The string is read in decimal (by default) or in hexadecimal, octal or binary if the  string
       begins with 0x , 0o or 0b respectively.	Raise Failure int_of_string if the given string is not a valid representation of an integer, or if
       the integer represented exceeds the range of integers representable in type nativeint .

       val to_string : nativeint -> string

       Return the string representation of its argument, in decimal.

       type t = nativeint

       An alias for the type of native integers.

       val compare : t -> t -> int

       The comparison function for native integers, with the same specification as Pervasives.compare .  Along with the type  t  ,  this  function
       compare allows the module Nativeint to be passed as argument to the functors Set.Make and Map.Make .

OCamldoc							    2012-06-26							     Nativeint(3o)