Re: scm_from_ipv6

[Marius Vollmer]

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> A simplification,
>
>         * socket.c (scm_from_ipv6): Just use mpz_import.  Don't bother trying
>         to fit scm_from_ulong_long, since that uses mpz_import anyway.  Don't
>         bother trying to fit scm_from_ulong, not really worth the trouble if
>         addresses are more than 4 bytes usually.

Nice.  I was thinking whether we should export something like
mpz_import and mpz_export for our integers in general.  Such an
operation is obviously needed sometimes.  What do you think?