# Stint
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import  ./datatypes, ./conversion, stdlib_bitops
export stdlib_bitops

# We reuse bitops from Nim standard lib, and expand it for multi-precision int.
# MpInt rely on no undefined behaviour as often we scan 0. (if 1 is stored in a uint128 for example)
# Also countLeadingZeroBits must return the size of the type and not 0 like in the stdlib

func countLeadingZeroBits*(n: UintImpl): int {.inline.} =
  ## Returns the number of leading zero bits in integer.

  const maxHalfRepr = bitsof(n) div 2

  let hi_clz = n.hi.countLeadingZeroBits

  result =  if hi_clz == maxHalfRepr:
              n.lo.countLeadingZeroBits + maxHalfRepr
            else: hi_clz