--- numbers.c.~1.206.~	1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
+++ numbers.c	2003-11-13 11:47:30.000000000 +1000
@@ -1355,7 +1355,6 @@
   else if (SCM_BIGP (k))
     {
       z_i2 = scm_i_clonebig (k, 1);
-      mpz_init_set (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2), SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (k));
       scm_remember_upto_here_1 (k);
       i2_is_big = 1;
     }
@@ -1367,7 +1366,7 @@
       if ((r > SCM_MOST_POSITIVE_FIXNUM) || (r < SCM_MOST_NEGATIVE_FIXNUM))
         {
           z_i2 = scm_i_mkbig ();
-          mpz_init_set_d (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2), r);
+          mpz_set_d (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2), r);
           i2_is_big = 1;
         }
       else
@@ -1389,12 +1388,10 @@
         {
           if (mpz_sgn(SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2)) == 0)
             {
-              mpz_clear (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2));
               return acc;
             }
           if (mpz_cmp_ui(SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2), 1) == 0)
             {
-              mpz_clear (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2));
               return scm_product (acc, n);
             }
           if (mpz_tstbit(SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z_i2), 0))