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/* Arithmetic.
Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2001.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
/* Specification. */
#include "gcd.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
/* Return the greatest common divisor of a > 0 and b > 0. */
unsigned long
gcd (unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
{
/* Why no division, as in Euclid's algorithm? Because in Euclid's algorithm
the division result floor(a/b) or floor(b/a) is very often = 1 or = 2,
and nearly always < 8. A sequence of a few subtractions and tests is
faster than a division. */
/* Why not Euclid's algorithm? Because the two integers can be shifted by 1
bit in a single instruction, and the algorithm uses fewer variables than
Euclid's algorithm. */
unsigned long c = a | b;
c = c ^ (c - 1);
/* c = largest power of 2 that divides a and b. */
if (a & c)
{
if (b & c)
goto odd_odd;
else
goto odd_even;
}
else
{
if (b & c)
goto even_odd;
else
abort ();
}
for (;;)
{
odd_odd: /* a/c and b/c both odd */
if (a == b)
break;
if (a > b)
{
a = a - b;
even_odd: /* a/c even, b/c odd */
do
a = a >> 1;
while ((a & c) == 0);
}
else
{
b = b - a;
odd_even: /* a/c odd, b/c even */
do
b = b >> 1;
while ((b & c) == 0);
}
}
/* a = b */
return a;
}