Avoid scm_i_mkbig outside numbers.c.

* libguile/random.c (scm_c_random_bignum):
* libguile/socket.c (scm_from_ipv6): Avoid scm_i_mkbig.
* libguile/numbers.h:
* libguile/numbers.c (scm_i_mkbig): Remove.

libguile/numbers.c

@@ -291,15 +291,6 @@ make_bignum (void)
 }
 
 
-SCM
-scm_i_mkbig ()
-{
-  /* Return a newly created bignum. */
-  SCM z = make_bignum ();
-  mpz_init (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (z));
-  return z;
-}
-
 SCM
 scm_i_long2big (long x)
 {

libguile/numbers.h

@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ SCM_INTERNAL SCM scm_i_divide (SCM x, SCM y, SCM rest);
 SCM_INTERNAL SCM scm_i_exact_integer_sqrt (SCM k);
 
 /* bignum internal functions */
-SCM_INTERNAL SCM scm_i_mkbig (void);
 SCM_API /* FIXME: not internal */ SCM scm_i_normbig (SCM x);
 SCM_API /* FIXME: not internal */ double scm_i_big2dbl (SCM b);
 SCM_API /* FIXME: not internal */ SCM scm_i_long2big (long n);

libguile/random.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 1999-2001,2003,2005-2006,2009-2010,2012-2014,2017-2019
+/* Copyright 1999-2001,2003,2005-2006,2009-2010,2012-2014,2017-2019,2022
      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of Guile.
@@ -311,8 +311,11 @@ scm_c_random64 (scm_t_rstate *state, uint64_t m)
 SCM
 scm_c_random_bignum (scm_t_rstate *state, SCM m)
 {
-  SCM result = scm_i_mkbig ();
+  mpz_t result, zm;
-  const size_t m_bits = mpz_sizeinbase (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (m), 2);
+  mpz_init (result);
+  mpz_init (zm);
+  scm_to_mpz (m, zm);
+  const size_t m_bits = mpz_sizeinbase (zm, 2);
   /* how many bits would only partially fill the last uint32_t? */
   const size_t end_bits = m_bits % (sizeof (uint32_t) * SCM_CHAR_BIT);
   uint32_t *random_chunks = NULL;
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@ scm_c_random_bignum (scm_t_rstate *state, SCM m)
   const uint32_t num_chunks = num_full_chunks + ((end_bits) ? 1 : 0);
 
   /* we know the result will be this big */
-  mpz_realloc2 (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (result), m_bits);
+  mpz_realloc2 (result, m_bits);
 
   random_chunks =
     (uint32_t *) scm_gc_calloc (num_chunks * sizeof (uint32_t),
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ scm_c_random_bignum (scm_t_rstate *state, SCM m)
       uint32_t *current_chunk = random_chunks + (num_chunks - 1);
       uint32_t chunks_left = num_chunks;
 
-      mpz_set_ui (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (result), 0);
+      mpz_set_ui (result, 0);
       
       if (end_bits)
         {
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ scm_c_random_bignum (scm_t_rstate *state, SCM m)
           *current_chunk-- = state->rng->random_bits (state);
           chunks_left--;
         }
-      mpz_import (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (result),
+      mpz_import (result,
                   num_chunks,
                   -1,
                   sizeof (uint32_t),
@@ -361,11 +364,14 @@ scm_c_random_bignum (scm_t_rstate *state, SCM m)
                   random_chunks);
       /* if result >= m, regenerate it (it is important to regenerate
 	 all bits in order not to get a distorted distribution) */
-    } while (mpz_cmp (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (result), SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (m)) >= 0);
+    } while (mpz_cmp (result, zm) >= 0);
   scm_gc_free (random_chunks,
                num_chunks * sizeof (uint32_t),
                "random bignum chunks");
-  return scm_i_normbig (result);
+  mpz_clear (zm);
+  SCM ret = scm_from_mpz (result);
+  mpz_clear (result);
+  return ret;
 }
 
 /*

libguile/socket.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 1996-1998,2000-2007,2009,2011-2015,2018,2021
+/* Copyright 1996-1998,2000-2007,2009,2011-2015,2018,2021,2022
      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of Guile.
@@ -213,15 +213,18 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_inet_makeaddr, "inet-makeaddr", 2, 0, 0,
 static SCM
 scm_from_ipv6 (const uint8_t *src)
 {
-  SCM result = scm_i_mkbig ();
+  mpz_t z;
-  mpz_import (SCM_I_BIG_MPZ (result),
+  mpz_init (z);
+  mpz_import (z,
               1,  /* chunk */
               1,  /* big-endian chunk ordering */
               16, /* chunks are 16 bytes long */
               1,  /* big-endian byte ordering */
               0,  /* "nails" -- leading unused bits per chunk */
               src);
-  return scm_i_normbig (result);
+  SCM ret = scm_from_mpz (z);
+  mpz_clear (z);
+  return ret;
 }
 
 /* convert a host ordered SCM integer to a 128 bit IPv6 address in