Mutable

pub const Mutable = struct {
    /// Raw digits. These are:
    ///
    /// * Little-endian ordered
    /// * limbs.len >= 1
    /// * Zero is represented as limbs.len == 1 with limbs[0] == 0.
    ///
    /// Accessing limbs directly should be avoided.
    /// These are allocated limbs; the `len` field tells the valid range.
    limbs: []Limb,
    len: usize,
    positive: bool,

    pub fn toConst(self: Mutable) Const {
        return .{
            .limbs = self.limbs[0..self.len],
            .positive = self.positive,
        };
    }

    pub const ConvertError = Const.ConvertError;

    /// Convert `self` to `Int`.
    ///
    /// Returns an error if self cannot be narrowed into the requested type without truncation.
    pub fn toInt(self: Mutable, comptime Int: type) ConvertError!Int {
        return self.toConst().toInt(Int);
    }

    /// Convert `self` to `Float`.
    pub fn toFloat(self: Mutable, comptime Float: type, round: Round) struct { Float, Exactness } {
        return self.toConst().toFloat(Float, round);
    }

    /// Returns true if `a == 0`.
    pub fn eqlZero(self: Mutable) bool {
        return self.toConst().eqlZero();
    }

    /// Asserts that the allocator owns the limbs memory. If this is not the case,
    /// use `toConst().toManaged()`.
    pub fn toManaged(self: Mutable, allocator: Allocator) Managed {
        return .{
            .allocator = allocator,
            .limbs = self.limbs,
            .metadata = if (self.positive)
                self.len & ~Managed.sign_bit
            else
                self.len | Managed.sign_bit,
        };
    }

    /// `value` is a primitive integer type.
    /// Asserts the value fits within the provided `limbs_buffer`.
    /// Note: `calcLimbLen` can be used to figure out how big an array to allocate for `limbs_buffer`.
    pub fn init(limbs_buffer: []Limb, value: anytype) Mutable {
        limbs_buffer[0] = 0;
        var self: Mutable = .{
            .limbs = limbs_buffer,
            .len = 1,
            .positive = true,
        };
        self.set(value);
        return self;
    }

    /// Copies the value of a Const to an existing Mutable so that they both have the same value.
    /// Asserts the value fits in the limbs buffer.
    pub fn copy(self: *Mutable, other: Const) void {
        if (self.limbs.ptr != other.limbs.ptr) {
            @memcpy(self.limbs[0..other.limbs.len], other.limbs[0..other.limbs.len]);
        }
        // Normalize before setting `positive` so the `eqlZero` doesn't need to iterate
        // over the extra zero limbs.
        self.normalize(other.limbs.len);
        self.positive = other.positive or other.eqlZero();
    }

    /// Efficiently swap an Mutable with another. This swaps the limb pointers and a full copy is not
    /// performed. The address of the limbs field will not be the same after this function.
    pub fn swap(self: *Mutable, other: *Mutable) void {
        mem.swap(Mutable, self, other);
    }

    pub fn dump(self: Mutable) void {
        for (self.limbs[0..self.len]) |limb| {
            std.debug.print("{x} ", .{limb});
        }
        std.debug.print("len={} capacity={} positive={}\n", .{ self.len, self.limbs.len, self.positive });
    }

    /// Clones an Mutable and returns a new Mutable with the same value. The new Mutable is a deep copy and
    /// can be modified separately from the original.
    /// Asserts that limbs is big enough to store the value.
    pub fn clone(other: Mutable, limbs: []Limb) Mutable {
        @memcpy(limbs[0..other.len], other.limbs[0..other.len]);
        return .{
            .limbs = limbs,
            .len = other.len,
            .positive = other.positive,
        };
    }

    pub fn negate(self: *Mutable) void {
        self.positive = !self.positive;
    }

    /// Modify to become the absolute value
    pub fn abs(self: *Mutable) void {
        self.positive = true;
    }

    /// Sets the Mutable to value. Value must be an primitive integer type.
    /// Asserts the value fits within the limbs buffer.
    /// Note: `calcLimbLen` can be used to figure out how big the limbs buffer
    /// needs to be to store a specific value.
    pub fn set(self: *Mutable, value: anytype) void {
        const T = @TypeOf(value);
        const needed_limbs = calcLimbLen(value);
        assert(needed_limbs <= self.limbs.len); // value too big

        self.len = needed_limbs;
        self.positive = value >= 0;

        switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
            .int => |info| {
                var w_value = @abs(value);

                if (info.bits <= limb_bits) {
                    self.limbs[0] = w_value;
                } else {
                    var i: usize = 0;
                    while (true) : (i += 1) {
                        self.limbs[i] = @as(Limb, @truncate(w_value));
                        w_value >>= limb_bits;

                        if (w_value == 0) break;
                    }
                }
            },
            .comptime_int => {
                comptime var w_value = @abs(value);

                if (w_value <= maxInt(Limb)) {
                    self.limbs[0] = w_value;
                } else {
                    const mask = (1 << limb_bits) - 1;

                    comptime var i = 0;
                    inline while (true) : (i += 1) {
                        self.limbs[i] = w_value & mask;
                        w_value >>= limb_bits;

                        if (w_value == 0) break;
                    }
                }
            },
            else => @compileError("cannot set Mutable using type " ++ @typeName(T)),
        }
    }

    /// Set self from the string representation `value`.
    ///
    /// `value` must contain only digits <= `base` and is case insensitive.  Base prefixes are
    /// not allowed (e.g. 0x43 should simply be 43).  Underscores in the input string are
    /// ignored and can be used as digit separators.
    ///
    /// There must be enough memory for the value in `self.limbs`. An upper bound on number of limbs can
    /// be determined with `calcSetStringLimbCount`.
    /// Asserts the base is in the range [2, 36].
    ///
    /// Returns an error if the value has invalid digits for the requested base.
    pub fn setString(
        self: *Mutable,
        base: u8,
        value: []const u8,
    ) error{InvalidCharacter}!void {
        assert(base >= 2);
        assert(base <= 36);

        var i: usize = 0;
        var positive = true;
        if (value.len > 0 and value[0] == '-') {
            positive = false;
            i += 1;
        }

        @memset(self.limbs, 0);
        self.len = 1;

        var limb: Limb = 0;
        var j: usize = 0;
        for (value[i..]) |ch| {
            if (ch == '_') {
                continue;
            }
            const d = try std.fmt.charToDigit(ch, base);
            limb *= base;
            limb += d;
            j += 1;

            if (j == constants.digits_per_limb[base]) {
                const len = @min(self.len + 1, self.limbs.len);
                // r = a * b = a + a * (b - 1)
                // we assert when self.limbs is not large enough to store the number
                assert(!llmulLimb(.add, self.limbs[0..len], self.limbs[0..len], constants.big_bases[base] - 1));
                assert(lladdcarry(self.limbs[0..len], self.limbs[0..len], &[1]Limb{limb}) == 0);

                if (self.limbs.len > self.len and self.limbs[self.len] != 0)
                    self.len += 1;
                j = 0;
                limb = 0;
            }
        }
        if (j > 0) {
            const len = @min(self.len + 1, self.limbs.len);
            // we assert when self.limbs is not large enough to store the number
            assert(!llmulLimb(.add, self.limbs[0..len], self.limbs[0..len], math.pow(Limb, base, j) - 1));
            assert(lladdcarry(self.limbs[0..len], self.limbs[0..len], &[1]Limb{limb}) == 0);

            if (self.limbs.len > self.len and self.limbs[self.len] != 0)
                self.len += 1;
        }
        self.positive = positive;
    }

    /// Set self to either bound of a 2s-complement integer.
    /// Note: The result is still sign-magnitude, not twos complement! In order to convert the
    /// result to twos complement, it is sufficient to take the absolute value.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn setTwosCompIntLimit(
        r: *Mutable,
        limit: TwosCompIntLimit,
        signedness: Signedness,
        bit_count: usize,
    ) void {
        // Handle zero-bit types.
        if (bit_count == 0) {
            r.set(0);
            return;
        }

        const req_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);
        const bit: Log2Limb = @truncate(bit_count - 1);
        const signmask = @as(Limb, 1) << bit; // 0b0..010..0 where 1 is the sign bit.
        const mask = (signmask << 1) -% 1; // 0b0..011..1 where the leftmost 1 is the sign bit.

        r.positive = true;

        switch (signedness) {
            .signed => switch (limit) {
                .min => {
                    // Negative bound, signed = -0x80.
                    r.len = req_limbs;
                    @memset(r.limbs[0 .. r.len - 1], 0);
                    r.limbs[r.len - 1] = signmask;
                    r.positive = false;
                },
                .max => {
                    // Positive bound, signed = 0x7F
                    // Note, in this branch we need to normalize because the first bit is
                    // supposed to be 0.

                    // Special case for 1-bit integers.
                    if (bit_count == 1) {
                        r.set(0);
                    } else {
                        const new_req_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count - 1);
                        const msb = @as(Log2Limb, @truncate(bit_count - 2));
                        const new_signmask = @as(Limb, 1) << msb; // 0b0..010..0 where 1 is the sign bit.
                        const new_mask = (new_signmask << 1) -% 1; // 0b0..001..1 where the rightmost 0 is the sign bit.

                        r.len = new_req_limbs;
                        @memset(r.limbs[0 .. r.len - 1], maxInt(Limb));
                        r.limbs[r.len - 1] = new_mask;
                    }
                },
            },
            .unsigned => switch (limit) {
                .min => {
                    // Min bound, unsigned = 0x00
                    r.set(0);
                },
                .max => {
                    // Max bound, unsigned = 0xFF
                    r.len = req_limbs;
                    @memset(r.limbs[0 .. r.len - 1], maxInt(Limb));
                    r.limbs[r.len - 1] = mask;
                },
            },
        }
    }

    /// Sets the Mutable to a float value rounded according to `round`.
    /// Returns whether the conversion was exact (`round` had no effect on the result).
    pub fn setFloat(self: *Mutable, value: anytype, round: Round) Exactness {
        const Float = @TypeOf(value);
        if (Float == comptime_float) return self.setFloat(@as(f128, value), round);
        const abs_value = @abs(value);
        if (abs_value < 1.0) {
            if (abs_value == 0.0) {
                self.set(0);
                return .exact;
            }
            self.set(@as(i2, round: switch (round) {
                .nearest_even => if (abs_value <= 0.5) 0 else continue :round .away,
                .away => if (value < 0.0) -1 else 1,
                .trunc => 0,
                .floor => -@as(i2, @intFromBool(value < 0.0)),
                .ceil => @intFromBool(value > 0.0),
            }));
            return .inexact;
        }
        const Repr = std.math.FloatRepr(Float);
        const repr: Repr = @bitCast(value);
        const exponent = repr.exponent.unbias();
        assert(exponent >= 0);
        const int_bit: Repr.Mantissa = 1 << (@bitSizeOf(Repr.Mantissa) - 1);
        const mantissa = int_bit | repr.mantissa;
        if (exponent >= @bitSizeOf(Repr.Normalized.Fraction)) {
            self.set(mantissa);
            self.shiftLeft(self.toConst(), @intCast(exponent - @bitSizeOf(Repr.Normalized.Fraction)));
            self.positive = repr.sign == .positive;
            return .exact;
        }
        self.set(mantissa >> @intCast(@bitSizeOf(Repr.Normalized.Fraction) - exponent));
        const round_bits: Repr.Normalized.Fraction = @truncate(mantissa << @intCast(exponent));
        if (round_bits == 0) {
            self.positive = repr.sign == .positive;
            return .exact;
        }
        round: switch (round) {
            .nearest_even => {
                const half: Repr.Normalized.Fraction = 1 << (@bitSizeOf(Repr.Normalized.Fraction) - 1);
                if (round_bits >= half) self.addScalar(self.toConst(), 1);
                if (round_bits == half) self.limbs[0] &= ~@as(Limb, 1);
            },
            .away => self.addScalar(self.toConst(), 1),
            .trunc => {},
            .floor => switch (repr.sign) {
                .positive => {},
                .negative => continue :round .away,
            },
            .ceil => switch (repr.sign) {
                .positive => continue :round .away,
                .negative => {},
            },
        }
        self.positive = repr.sign == .positive;
        return .inexact;
    }

    /// r = a + scalar
    ///
    /// r and a may be aliases.
    /// scalar is a primitive integer type.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `@max(a.limbs.len, calcLimbLen(scalar)) + 1`.
    pub fn addScalar(r: *Mutable, a: Const, scalar: anytype) void {
        // Normally we could just determine the number of limbs needed with calcLimbLen,
        // but that is not comptime-known when scalar is not a comptime_int.  Instead, we
        // use calcTwosCompLimbCount for a non-comptime_int scalar, which can be pessimistic
        // in the case that scalar happens to be small in magnitude within its type, but it
        // is well worth being able to use the stack and not needing an allocator passed in.
        // Note that Mutable.init still sets len to calcLimbLen(scalar) in any case.
        const limbs_len = comptime switch (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(scalar))) {
            .comptime_int => calcLimbLen(scalar),
            .int => |info| calcTwosCompLimbCount(info.bits),
            else => @compileError("expected scalar to be an int"),
        };
        var limbs: [limbs_len]Limb = undefined;
        const operand = init(&limbs, scalar).toConst();
        return add(r, a, operand);
    }

    /// Base implementation for addition. Adds `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)` elements from a and b,
    /// and returns whether any overflow occurred.
    /// r, a and b may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Asserts r has enough elements to hold the result. The upper bound is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)`.
    fn addCarry(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) bool {
        if (a.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(b);
            return false;
        } else if (b.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(a);
            return false;
        } else if (a.positive != b.positive) {
            if (a.positive) {
                // (a) + (-b) => a - b
                return r.subCarry(a, b.abs());
            } else {
                // (-a) + (b) => b - a
                return r.subCarry(b, a.abs());
            }
        } else {
            r.positive = a.positive;
            if (a.limbs.len >= b.limbs.len) {
                const c = lladdcarry(r.limbs, a.limbs, b.limbs);
                r.normalize(a.limbs.len);
                return c != 0;
            } else {
                const c = lladdcarry(r.limbs, b.limbs, a.limbs);
                r.normalize(b.limbs.len);
                return c != 0;
            }
        }
    }

    /// r = a + b
    ///
    /// r, a and b may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len) + 1`.
    pub fn add(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) void {
        if (r.addCarry(a, b)) {
            // Fix up the result. Note that addCarry normalizes by a.limbs.len or b.limbs.len,
            // so we need to set the length here.
            const msl = @max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len);
            // `[add|sub]Carry` normalizes by `msl`, so we need to fix up the result manually here.
            // Note, the fact that it normalized means that the intermediary limbs are zero here.
            r.len = msl + 1;
            r.limbs[msl] = 1; // If this panics, there wasn't enough space in `r`.
        }
    }

    /// r = a + b with 2s-complement wrapping semantics. Returns whether overflow occurred.
    /// r, a and b may be aliases
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn addWrap(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) bool {
        const req_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);

        // Slice of the upper bits if they exist, these will be ignored and allows us to use addCarry to determine
        // if an overflow occurred.
        const x: Const = .{
            .positive = a.positive,
            .limbs = a.limbs[0..@min(req_limbs, a.limbs.len)],
        };

        const y: Const = .{
            .positive = b.positive,
            .limbs = b.limbs[0..@min(req_limbs, b.limbs.len)],
        };

        var carry_truncated = false;
        if (r.addCarry(x, y)) {
            // There are two possibilities here:
            // - We overflowed req_limbs. In this case, the carry is ignored, as it would be removed by
            //   truncate anyway.
            // - a and b had less elements than req_limbs, and those were overflowed. This case needs to be handled.
            //   Note: after this we still might need to wrap.
            const msl = @max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len);
            if (msl < req_limbs) {
                r.len = msl + 1;
                r.limbs[msl] = 1;
            } else {
                carry_truncated = true;
            }
        }

        if (!r.toConst().fitsInTwosComp(signedness, bit_count)) {
            r.truncate(r.toConst(), signedness, bit_count);
            return true;
        }

        return carry_truncated;
    }

    /// r = a + b with 2s-complement saturating semantics.
    /// r, a and b may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Assets the result fits in `r`. Upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn addSat(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        const req_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);

        // Slice of the upper bits if they exist, these will be ignored and allows us to use addCarry to determine
        // if an overflow occurred.
        const x: Const = .{
            .positive = a.positive,
            .limbs = a.limbs[0..@min(req_limbs, a.limbs.len)],
        };

        const y: Const = .{
            .positive = b.positive,
            .limbs = b.limbs[0..@min(req_limbs, b.limbs.len)],
        };

        if (r.addCarry(x, y)) {
            // There are two possibilities here:
            // - We overflowed req_limbs, in which case we need to saturate.
            // - a and b had less elements than req_limbs, and those were overflowed.
            //   Note: In this case, might _also_ need to saturate.
            const msl = @max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len);
            if (msl < req_limbs) {
                r.len = msl + 1;
                r.limbs[msl] = 1;
                // Note: Saturation may still be required if msl == req_limbs - 1
            } else {
                // Overflowed req_limbs, definitely saturate.
                return r.setTwosCompIntLimit(if (r.positive) .max else .min, signedness, bit_count);
            }
        }

        // Saturate if the result didn't fit.
        r.saturate(r.toConst(), signedness, bit_count);
    }

    /// Base implementation for subtraction. Subtracts `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)` elements from a and b,
    /// and returns whether any overflow occurred.
    /// r, a and b may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Asserts r has enough elements to hold the result. The upper bound is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)`.
    fn subCarry(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) bool {
        if (a.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(b);
            r.positive = !b.positive;
            return false;
        } else if (b.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(a);
            return false;
        } else if (a.positive != b.positive) {
            if (a.positive) {
                // (a) - (-b) => a + b
                return r.addCarry(a, b.abs());
            } else {
                // (-a) - (b) => -a + -b
                return r.addCarry(a, b.negate());
            }
        } else if (a.positive) {
            if (a.order(b) != .lt) {
                // (a) - (b) => a - b
                const c = llsubcarry(r.limbs, a.limbs, b.limbs);
                r.normalize(a.limbs.len);
                r.positive = true;
                return c != 0;
            } else {
                // (a) - (b) => -b + a => -(b - a)
                const c = llsubcarry(r.limbs, b.limbs, a.limbs);
                r.normalize(b.limbs.len);
                r.positive = false;
                return c != 0;
            }
        } else {
            if (a.order(b) == .lt) {
                // (-a) - (-b) => -(a - b)
                const c = llsubcarry(r.limbs, a.limbs, b.limbs);
                r.normalize(a.limbs.len);
                r.positive = false;
                return c != 0;
            } else {
                // (-a) - (-b) => --b + -a => b - a
                const c = llsubcarry(r.limbs, b.limbs, a.limbs);
                r.normalize(b.limbs.len);
                r.positive = true;
                return c != 0;
            }
        }
    }

    /// r = a - b
    ///
    /// r, a and b may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len) + 1`. The +1 is not needed if both operands are positive.
    pub fn sub(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) void {
        r.add(a, b.negate());
    }

    /// r = a - b with 2s-complement wrapping semantics. Returns whether any overflow occurred.
    ///
    /// r, a and b may be aliases
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn subWrap(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) bool {
        return r.addWrap(a, b.negate(), signedness, bit_count);
    }

    /// r = a - b with 2s-complement saturating semantics.
    /// r, a and b may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Assets the result fits in `r`. Upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn subSat(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        r.addSat(a, b.negate(), signedness, bit_count);
    }

    /// rma = a * b
    ///
    /// `rma` may alias with `a` or `b`.
    /// `a` and `b` may alias with each other.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `rma`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// rma is given by `a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage. The amount required is given by `calcMulLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn mul(rma: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const, limbs_buffer: []Limb, allocator: ?Allocator) void {
        var buf_index: usize = 0;

        const a_copy = if (rma.limbs.ptr == a.limbs.ptr) blk: {
            const start = buf_index;
            @memcpy(limbs_buffer[buf_index..][0..a.limbs.len], a.limbs);
            buf_index += a.limbs.len;
            break :blk a.toMutable(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index]).toConst();
        } else a;

        const b_copy = if (rma.limbs.ptr == b.limbs.ptr) blk: {
            const start = buf_index;
            @memcpy(limbs_buffer[buf_index..][0..b.limbs.len], b.limbs);
            buf_index += b.limbs.len;
            break :blk b.toMutable(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index]).toConst();
        } else b;

        return rma.mulNoAlias(a_copy, b_copy, allocator);
    }

    /// rma = a * b
    ///
    /// `rma` may not alias with `a` or `b`.
    /// `a` and `b` may alias with each other.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `rma`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// rma is given by `a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len`.
    ///
    /// If `allocator` is provided, it will be used for temporary storage to improve
    /// multiplication performance. `error.OutOfMemory` is handled with a fallback algorithm.
    pub fn mulNoAlias(rma: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const, allocator: ?Allocator) void {
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != a.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != b.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing

        if (a.limbs.len == 1 and b.limbs.len == 1) {
            rma.limbs[0], const overflow_bit = @mulWithOverflow(a.limbs[0], b.limbs[0]);
            if (overflow_bit == 0) {
                rma.len = 1;
                rma.positive = (a.positive == b.positive) or rma.limbs[0] == 0;
                return;
            }
        }

        @memset(rma.limbs[0 .. a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len], 0);

        llmulacc(.add, allocator, rma.limbs, a.limbs, b.limbs);

        rma.normalize(a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len);
        rma.positive = (a.positive == b.positive);
    }

    /// rma = a * b with 2s-complement wrapping semantics.
    ///
    /// `rma` may alias with `a` or `b`.
    /// `a` and `b` may alias with each other.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `rma`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// rma is given by `a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage. The amount required is given by `calcMulWrapLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn mulWrap(
        rma: *Mutable,
        a: Const,
        b: Const,
        signedness: Signedness,
        bit_count: usize,
        limbs_buffer: []Limb,
        allocator: ?Allocator,
    ) void {
        var buf_index: usize = 0;
        const req_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);

        const a_copy = if (rma.limbs.ptr == a.limbs.ptr) blk: {
            const start = buf_index;
            const a_len = @min(req_limbs, a.limbs.len);
            @memcpy(limbs_buffer[buf_index..][0..a_len], a.limbs[0..a_len]);
            buf_index += a_len;
            break :blk a.toMutable(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index]).toConst();
        } else a;

        const b_copy = if (rma.limbs.ptr == b.limbs.ptr) blk: {
            const start = buf_index;
            const b_len = @min(req_limbs, b.limbs.len);
            @memcpy(limbs_buffer[buf_index..][0..b_len], b.limbs[0..b_len]);
            buf_index += b_len;
            break :blk a.toMutable(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index]).toConst();
        } else b;

        return rma.mulWrapNoAlias(a_copy, b_copy, signedness, bit_count, allocator);
    }

    /// rma = a * b with 2s-complement wrapping semantics.
    ///
    /// `rma` may not alias with `a` or `b`.
    /// `a` and `b` may alias with each other.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `rma`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// rma is given by `a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len`.
    ///
    /// If `allocator` is provided, it will be used for temporary storage to improve
    /// multiplication performance. `error.OutOfMemory` is handled with a fallback algorithm.
    pub fn mulWrapNoAlias(
        rma: *Mutable,
        a: Const,
        b: Const,
        signedness: Signedness,
        bit_count: usize,
        allocator: ?Allocator,
    ) void {
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != a.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != b.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing

        const req_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);

        // We can ignore the upper bits here, those results will be discarded anyway.
        const a_limbs = a.limbs[0..@min(req_limbs, a.limbs.len)];
        const b_limbs = b.limbs[0..@min(req_limbs, b.limbs.len)];

        @memset(rma.limbs[0..req_limbs], 0);

        llmulacc(.add, allocator, rma.limbs, a_limbs, b_limbs);
        rma.normalize(@min(req_limbs, a.limbs.len + b.limbs.len));
        rma.positive = (a.positive == b.positive);
        rma.truncate(rma.toConst(), signedness, bit_count);
    }

    /// r = @bitReverse(a) with 2s-complement semantics.
    /// r and a may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. Upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn bitReverse(r: *Mutable, a: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        if (bit_count == 0) {
            r.limbs[0] = 0;
            r.len = 1;
            r.positive = true;
            return;
        }

        r.copy(a);

        const limbs_required = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);

        if (!a.positive) {
            r.positive = true; // Negate.
            r.bitNotWrap(r.toConst(), .unsigned, bit_count); // Bitwise NOT.
            r.addScalar(r.toConst(), 1); // Add one.
        } else if (limbs_required > a.limbs.len) {
            // Zero-extend to our output length
            for (r.limbs[a.limbs.len..limbs_required]) |*limb| {
                limb.* = 0;
            }
            r.len = limbs_required;
        }

        // 0b0..01..1000 with @log2(@sizeOf(Limb)) consecutive ones
        const endian_mask: usize = (@sizeOf(Limb) - 1) << 3;

        const bytes = std.mem.sliceAsBytes(r.limbs);

        var k: usize = 0;
        while (k < ((bit_count + 1) / 2)) : (k += 1) {
            var i = k;
            var rev_i = bit_count - i - 1;

            // This "endian mask" remaps a low (LE) byte to the corresponding high
            // (BE) byte in the Limb, without changing which limbs we are indexing
            if (native_endian == .big) {
                i ^= endian_mask;
                rev_i ^= endian_mask;
            }

            const bit_i = std.mem.readPackedInt(u1, bytes, i, .little);
            const bit_rev_i = std.mem.readPackedInt(u1, bytes, rev_i, .little);
            std.mem.writePackedInt(u1, bytes, i, bit_rev_i, .little);
            std.mem.writePackedInt(u1, bytes, rev_i, bit_i, .little);
        }

        // Calculate signed-magnitude representation for output
        if (signedness == .signed) {
            const last_bit = switch (native_endian) {
                .little => std.mem.readPackedInt(u1, bytes, bit_count - 1, .little),
                .big => std.mem.readPackedInt(u1, bytes, (bit_count - 1) ^ endian_mask, .little),
            };
            if (last_bit == 1) {
                r.bitNotWrap(r.toConst(), .unsigned, bit_count); // Bitwise NOT.
                r.addScalar(r.toConst(), 1); // Add one.
                r.positive = false; // Negate.
            }
        }
        r.normalize(r.len);
    }

    /// r = @byteSwap(a) with 2s-complement semantics.
    /// r and a may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `r`. Upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(8*byte_count)`.
    pub fn byteSwap(r: *Mutable, a: Const, signedness: Signedness, byte_count: usize) void {
        if (byte_count == 0) {
            r.limbs[0] = 0;
            r.len = 1;
            r.positive = true;
            return;
        }

        r.copy(a);
        const limbs_required = calcTwosCompLimbCount(8 * byte_count);

        if (!a.positive) {
            r.positive = true; // Negate.
            r.bitNotWrap(r.toConst(), .unsigned, 8 * byte_count); // Bitwise NOT.
            r.addScalar(r.toConst(), 1); // Add one.
        } else if (limbs_required > a.limbs.len) {
            // Zero-extend to our output length
            for (r.limbs[a.limbs.len..limbs_required]) |*limb| {
                limb.* = 0;
            }
            r.len = limbs_required;
        }

        // 0b0..01..1 with @log2(@sizeOf(Limb)) trailing ones
        const endian_mask: usize = @sizeOf(Limb) - 1;

        var bytes = std.mem.sliceAsBytes(r.limbs);
        assert(bytes.len >= byte_count);

        var k: usize = 0;
        while (k < (byte_count + 1) / 2) : (k += 1) {
            var i = k;
            var rev_i = byte_count - k - 1;

            // This "endian mask" remaps a low (LE) byte to the corresponding high
            // (BE) byte in the Limb, without changing which limbs we are indexing
            if (native_endian == .big) {
                i ^= endian_mask;
                rev_i ^= endian_mask;
            }

            const byte_i = bytes[i];
            const byte_rev_i = bytes[rev_i];
            bytes[rev_i] = byte_i;
            bytes[i] = byte_rev_i;
        }

        // Calculate signed-magnitude representation for output
        if (signedness == .signed) {
            const last_byte = switch (native_endian) {
                .little => bytes[byte_count - 1],
                .big => bytes[(byte_count - 1) ^ endian_mask],
            };

            if (last_byte & (1 << 7) != 0) { // Check sign bit of last byte
                r.bitNotWrap(r.toConst(), .unsigned, 8 * byte_count); // Bitwise NOT.
                r.addScalar(r.toConst(), 1); // Add one.
                r.positive = false; // Negate.
            }
        }
        r.normalize(r.len);
    }

    /// r = @popCount(a) with 2s-complement semantics.
    /// r and a may be aliases.
    ///
    /// Assets the result fits in `r`. Upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn popCount(r: *Mutable, a: Const, bit_count: usize) void {
        r.copy(a);

        if (!a.positive) {
            r.positive = true; // Negate.
            r.bitNotWrap(r.toConst(), .unsigned, bit_count); // Bitwise NOT.
            r.addScalar(r.toConst(), 1); // Add one.
        }

        var sum: Limb = 0;
        for (r.limbs[0..r.len]) |limb| {
            sum += @popCount(limb);
        }
        r.set(sum);
    }

    /// rma = a * a
    ///
    /// `rma` may not alias with `a`.
    ///
    /// Asserts the result fits in `rma`. An upper bound on the number of limbs needed by
    /// rma is given by `2 * a.limbs.len + 1`.
    ///
    /// If `allocator` is provided, it will be used for temporary storage to improve
    /// multiplication performance. `error.OutOfMemory` is handled with a fallback algorithm.
    pub fn sqrNoAlias(rma: *Mutable, a: Const, opt_allocator: ?Allocator) void {
        _ = opt_allocator;
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != a.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing

        @memset(rma.limbs, 0);

        llsquareBasecase(rma.limbs, a.limbs);

        rma.normalize(2 * a.limbs.len + 1);
        rma.positive = true;
    }

    /// q = a / b (rem r)
    ///
    /// a / b are floored (rounded towards 0).
    /// q may alias with a or b.
    ///
    /// Asserts there is enough memory to store q and r.
    /// The upper bound for r limb count is `b.limbs.len`.
    /// The upper bound for q limb count is given by `a.limbs`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage. The amount required is given by `calcDivLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn divFloor(
        q: *Mutable,
        r: *Mutable,
        a: Const,
        b: Const,
        limbs_buffer: []Limb,
    ) void {
        const sep = a.limbs.len + 2;
        var x = a.toMutable(limbs_buffer[0..sep]);
        var y = b.toMutable(limbs_buffer[sep..]);

        div(q, r, &x, &y);

        // Note, `div` performs truncating division, which satisfies
        // @divTrunc(a, b) * b + @rem(a, b) = a
        // so r = a - @divTrunc(a, b) * b
        // Note,  @rem(a, -b) = @rem(-b, a) = -@rem(a, b) = -@rem(-a, -b)
        // For divTrunc, we want to perform
        // @divFloor(a, b) * b + @mod(a, b) = a
        // Note:
        // @divFloor(-a, b)
        // = @divFloor(a, -b)
        // = -@divCeil(a, b)
        // = -@divFloor(a + b - 1, b)
        // = -@divTrunc(a + b - 1, b)

        // Note (1):
        // @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @rem(a + b - 1, b) = a + b - 1
        // = @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @rem(a - 1, b) = a + b - 1
        // = @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1 = a

        if (a.positive and b.positive) {
            // Positive-positive case, don't need to do anything.
        } else if (a.positive and !b.positive) {
            // a/-b -> q is negative, and so we need to fix flooring.
            // Subtract one to make the division flooring.

            // @divFloor(a, -b) * -b + @mod(a, -b) = a
            // If b divides a exactly, we have @divFloor(a, -b) * -b = a
            // Else, we have @divFloor(a, -b) * -b > a, so @mod(a, -b) becomes negative

            // We have:
            // @divFloor(a, -b) * -b + @mod(a, -b) = a
            // = -@divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * -b + @mod(a, -b) = a
            // = @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @mod(a, -b) = a

            // Substitute a for (1):
            // @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1 = @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @mod(a, -b)
            // Yields:
            // @mod(a, -b) = @rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1
            // Note that `r` holds @rem(a, b) at this point.
            //
            // If @rem(a, b) is not 0:
            //   @rem(a - 1, b) = @rem(a, b) - 1
            //   => @mod(a, -b) = @rem(a, b) - 1 - b + 1 = @rem(a, b) - b
            // Else:
            //   @rem(a - 1, b) = @rem(a + b - 1, b) = @rem(b - 1, b) = b - 1
            //   => @mod(a, -b) = b - 1 - b + 1 = 0
            if (!r.eqlZero()) {
                q.addScalar(q.toConst(), -1);
                r.positive = true;
                r.sub(r.toConst(), y.toConst().abs());
            }
        } else if (!a.positive and b.positive) {
            // -a/b -> q is negative, and so we need to fix flooring.
            // Subtract one to make the division flooring.

            // @divFloor(-a, b) * b + @mod(-a, b) = a
            // If b divides a exactly, we have @divFloor(-a, b) * b = -a
            // Else, we have @divFloor(-a, b) * b < -a, so @mod(-a, b) becomes positive

            // We have:
            // @divFloor(-a, b) * b + @mod(-a, b) = -a
            // = -@divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @mod(-a, b) = -a
            // = @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b - @mod(-a, b) = a

            // Substitute a for (1):
            // @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b + @rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1 = @divTrunc(a + b - 1, b) * b - @mod(-a, b)
            // Yields:
            // @rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1 = -@mod(-a, b)
            // => -@mod(-a, b) = @rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1
            // => @mod(-a, b) = -(@rem(a - 1, b) - b + 1) = -@rem(a - 1, b) + b - 1
            //
            // If @rem(a, b) is not 0:
            //   @rem(a - 1, b) = @rem(a, b) - 1
            //   => @mod(-a, b) = -(@rem(a, b) - 1) + b - 1 = -@rem(a, b) + 1 + b - 1 = -@rem(a, b) + b
            // Else :
            //   @rem(a - 1, b) = b - 1
            //   => @mod(-a, b) = -(b - 1) + b - 1 = 0
            if (!r.eqlZero()) {
                q.addScalar(q.toConst(), -1);
                r.positive = false;
                r.add(r.toConst(), y.toConst().abs());
            }
        } else if (!a.positive and !b.positive) {
            // a/b -> q is positive, don't need to do anything to fix flooring.

            // @divFloor(-a, -b) * -b + @mod(-a, -b) = -a
            // If b divides a exactly, we have @divFloor(-a, -b) * -b = -a
            // Else, we have @divFloor(-a, -b) * -b > -a, so @mod(-a, -b) becomes negative

            // We have:
            // @divFloor(-a, -b) * -b + @mod(-a, -b) = -a
            // = @divTrunc(a, b) * -b + @mod(-a, -b) = -a
            // = @divTrunc(a, b) * b - @mod(-a, -b) = a

            // We also have:
            // @divTrunc(a, b) * b + @rem(a, b) = a

            // Substitute a:
            // @divTrunc(a, b) * b + @rem(a, b) = @divTrunc(a, b) * b - @mod(-a, -b)
            // => @rem(a, b) = -@mod(-a, -b)
            // => @mod(-a, -b) = -@rem(a, b)
            r.positive = false;
        }
    }

    /// q = a / b (rem r)
    ///
    /// a / b are ceiled (rounded towards +inf).
    /// q may alias with a or b.
    ///
    /// Asserts there is enough memory to store q and r.
    /// The upper bound for r limb count is `b.limbs.len`.
    /// The upper bound for q limb count is given by `a.limbs`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage. The amount required is given by `calcDivLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn divCeil(
        q: *Mutable,
        r: *Mutable,
        a: Const,
        b: Const,
        limbs_buffer: []Limb,
    ) void {
        const sep = a.limbs.len + 2;
        var x = a.toMutable(limbs_buffer[0..sep]);
        var y = b.toMutable(limbs_buffer[sep..]);

        // div performs truncating division (@divTrunc) which rounds towards negative
        // infinity if the result is positive and towards positive infinity if the result is
        // negative.
        div(q, r, &x, &y);

        // @rem gives the remainder after @divTrunc, and is defined by:
        // x * @divTrunc(x, y) + @rem(x, y) = x
        // For all integers x, y with y != 0.
        // In the following comments, a, b will be integers with a >= 0, b > 0, and we will take
        // modCeil to be the remainder after @divCeil, defined by:
        // x * @divCeil(x, y) + modCeil(x, y) = x
        // For all integers x, y with y != 0.

        if (a.positive != b.positive or r.eqlZero()) {
            // In this case either the result is negative or the remainder is 0.
            // If the result is negative then the default truncating division already rounds
            // towards positive infinity, so no adjustment is needed.
            // If the remainder is 0 then the division is exact and no adjustment is needed.
        } else {
            // Same sign.
            // We have:
            // modCeil(a, b) != 0
            // => @divCeil(a, b) = @divTrunc(a, b) + 1
            // And:
            // b * @divTrunc(a, b) + @rem(a, b) = a
            // b * @divCeil(a, b) + modCeil(a, b) = a
            // => b * @divTrunc(a, b) + b + modCeil(a, b) = a
            // => modCeil(a, b) = @rem(a, b) - b
            //
            // This works for both positive and negative b because b keeps its sign.
            q.addScalar(q.toConst(), 1);
            r.sub(r.toConst(), y.toConst());
        }
    }

    /// q = a / b (rem r)
    ///
    /// a / b are truncated (rounded towards -inf).
    /// q may alias with a or b.
    ///
    /// Asserts there is enough memory to store q and r.
    /// The upper bound for r limb count is `b.limbs.len`.
    /// The upper bound for q limb count is given by `a.limbs.len`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage. The amount required is given by `calcDivLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn divTrunc(
        q: *Mutable,
        r: *Mutable,
        a: Const,
        b: Const,
        limbs_buffer: []Limb,
    ) void {
        const sep = a.limbs.len + 2;
        var x = a.toMutable(limbs_buffer[0..sep]);
        var y = b.toMutable(limbs_buffer[sep..]);

        div(q, r, &x, &y);
    }

    /// r = a << shift, in other words, r = a * 2^shift
    ///
    /// r and a may alias.
    ///
    /// Asserts there is enough memory to fit the result. The upper bound Limb count is
    /// `a.limbs.len + (shift / (@sizeOf(Limb) * 8))`.
    pub fn shiftLeft(r: *Mutable, a: Const, shift: usize) void {
        const new_len = llshl(r.limbs, a.limbs, shift);
        r.normalize(new_len);
        r.positive = a.positive;
    }

    /// r = a <<| shift with 2s-complement saturating semantics.
    ///
    /// r and a may alias.
    ///
    /// Asserts there is enough memory to fit the result. The upper bound Limb count is
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn shiftLeftSat(r: *Mutable, a: Const, shift: usize, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        // Special case: When the argument is negative, but the result is supposed to be unsigned,
        // return 0 in all cases.
        if (!a.positive and signedness == .unsigned) {
            r.set(0);
            return;
        }

        // Check whether the shift is going to overflow. This is the case
        // when (in 2s complement) any bit above `bit_count - shift` is set in the unshifted value.
        // Note, the sign bit is not counted here.

        // Handle shifts larger than the target type. This also deals with
        // 0-bit integers.
        if (bit_count <= shift) {
            // In this case, there is only no overflow if `a` is zero.
            if (a.eqlZero()) {
                r.set(0);
            } else {
                r.setTwosCompIntLimit(if (a.positive) .max else .min, signedness, bit_count);
            }
            return;
        }

        const checkbit = bit_count - shift - @intFromBool(signedness == .signed);
        // If `checkbit` and more significant bits are zero, no overflow will take place.

        if (checkbit >= a.limbs.len * limb_bits) {
            // `checkbit` is outside the range of a, so definitely no overflow will take place. We
            // can defer to a normal shift.
            // Note that if `a` is normalized (which we assume), this checks for set bits in the upper limbs.

            // Note, in this case r should already have enough limbs required to perform the normal shift.
            // In this case the shift of the most significant limb may still overflow.
            r.shiftLeft(a, shift);
            return;
        } else if (checkbit < (a.limbs.len - 1) * limb_bits) {
            // `checkbit` is not in the most significant limb. If `a` is normalized the most significant
            // limb will not be zero, so in this case we need to saturate. Note that `a.limbs.len` must be
            // at least one according to normalization rules.

            r.setTwosCompIntLimit(if (a.positive) .max else .min, signedness, bit_count);
            return;
        }

        // Generate a mask with the bits to check in the most significant limb. We'll need to check
        // all bits with equal or more significance than checkbit.
        // const msb = @truncate(Log2Limb, checkbit);
        // const checkmask = (@as(Limb, 1) << msb) -% 1;

        if (a.limbs[a.limbs.len - 1] >> @as(Log2Limb, @truncate(checkbit)) != 0) {
            // Need to saturate.
            r.setTwosCompIntLimit(if (a.positive) .max else .min, signedness, bit_count);
            return;
        }

        // This shift should not be able to overflow, so invoke llshl and normalize manually
        // to avoid the extra required limb.
        const new_len = llshl(r.limbs, a.limbs, shift);
        r.normalize(new_len);
        r.positive = a.positive;
    }

    /// r = a >> shift
    /// r and a may alias.
    ///
    /// Asserts there is enough memory to fit the result. The upper bound Limb count is
    /// `a.limbs.len - (shift / (@bitSizeOf(Limb)))`.
    pub fn shiftRight(r: *Mutable, a: Const, shift: usize) void {
        const full_limbs_shifted_out = shift / limb_bits;
        const remaining_bits_shifted_out = shift % limb_bits;
        if (a.limbs.len <= full_limbs_shifted_out) {
            // Shifting negative numbers converges to -1 instead of 0
            if (a.positive) {
                r.len = 1;
                r.positive = true;
                r.limbs[0] = 0;
            } else {
                r.len = 1;
                r.positive = false;
                r.limbs[0] = 1;
            }
            return;
        }
        const nonzero_negative_shiftout = if (a.positive) false else nonzero: {
            for (a.limbs[0..full_limbs_shifted_out]) |x| {
                if (x != 0)
                    break :nonzero true;
            }
            if (remaining_bits_shifted_out == 0)
                break :nonzero false;
            const not_covered: Log2Limb = @intCast(limb_bits - remaining_bits_shifted_out);
            break :nonzero a.limbs[full_limbs_shifted_out] << not_covered != 0;
        };

        const new_len = llshr(r.limbs, a.limbs, shift);

        r.len = new_len;
        r.positive = a.positive;
        if (nonzero_negative_shiftout) r.addScalar(r.toConst(), -1);
        r.normalize(r.len);
    }

    /// r = ~a under 2s complement wrapping semantics.
    /// r may alias with a.
    ///
    /// Assets that r has enough limbs to store the result. The upper bound Limb count is
    /// r is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count)`.
    pub fn bitNotWrap(r: *Mutable, a: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        r.copy(a.negate());
        const negative_one: Const = .{ .limbs = &.{1}, .positive = false };
        _ = r.addWrap(r.toConst(), negative_one, signedness, bit_count);
    }

    /// r = a | b under 2s complement semantics.
    /// r may alias with a or b.
    ///
    /// a and b are zero-extended to the longer of a or b.
    ///
    /// Asserts that r has enough limbs to store the result. Upper bound is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)`.
    pub fn bitOr(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) void {
        // Trivial cases, llsignedor does not support zero.
        if (a.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(b);
            return;
        } else if (b.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(a);
            return;
        }

        if (a.limbs.len >= b.limbs.len) {
            r.positive = llsignedor(r.limbs, a.limbs, a.positive, b.limbs, b.positive);
            r.normalize(if (b.positive) a.limbs.len else b.limbs.len);
        } else {
            r.positive = llsignedor(r.limbs, b.limbs, b.positive, a.limbs, a.positive);
            r.normalize(if (a.positive) b.limbs.len else a.limbs.len);
        }
    }

    /// r = a & b under 2s complement semantics.
    /// r may alias with a or b.
    ///
    /// Asserts that r has enough limbs to store the result.
    /// If only a is positive, the upper bound is `a.limbs.len`.
    /// If only b is positive, the upper bound is `b.limbs.len`.
    /// If a and b are positive, the upper bound is `@min(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)`.
    /// If a and b are negative, the upper bound is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len) + 1`.
    pub fn bitAnd(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) void {
        // Trivial cases, llsignedand does not support zero.
        if (a.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(a);
            return;
        } else if (b.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(b);
            return;
        }

        if (a.limbs.len >= b.limbs.len) {
            r.positive = llsignedand(r.limbs, a.limbs, a.positive, b.limbs, b.positive);
            r.normalize(if (b.positive) b.limbs.len else if (a.positive) a.limbs.len else a.limbs.len + 1);
        } else {
            r.positive = llsignedand(r.limbs, b.limbs, b.positive, a.limbs, a.positive);
            r.normalize(if (a.positive) a.limbs.len else if (b.positive) b.limbs.len else b.limbs.len + 1);
        }
    }

    /// r = a ^ b under 2s complement semantics.
    /// r may alias with a or b.
    ///
    /// Asserts that r has enough limbs to store the result. If a and b share the same signedness, the
    /// upper bound is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len)`. Otherwise, if either a or b is negative
    /// but not both, the upper bound is `@max(a.limbs.len, b.limbs.len) + 1`.
    pub fn bitXor(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: Const) void {
        // Trivial cases, because llsignedxor does not support negative zero.
        if (a.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(b);
            return;
        } else if (b.eqlZero()) {
            r.copy(a);
            return;
        }

        if (a.limbs.len > b.limbs.len) {
            r.positive = llsignedxor(r.limbs, a.limbs, a.positive, b.limbs, b.positive);
            r.normalize(a.limbs.len + @intFromBool(a.positive != b.positive));
        } else {
            r.positive = llsignedxor(r.limbs, b.limbs, b.positive, a.limbs, a.positive);
            r.normalize(b.limbs.len + @intFromBool(a.positive != b.positive));
        }
    }

    /// rma may alias x or y.
    /// x and y may alias each other.
    /// Asserts that `rma` has enough limbs to store the result. Upper bound is
    /// `@min(x.limbs.len, y.limbs.len)`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage during the operation. When this function returns,
    /// it will have the same length as it had when the function was called.
    pub fn gcd(rma: *Mutable, x: Const, y: Const, limbs_buffer: *std.array_list.Managed(Limb)) !void {
        const prev_len = limbs_buffer.items.len;
        defer limbs_buffer.shrinkRetainingCapacity(prev_len);
        const x_copy = if (rma.limbs.ptr == x.limbs.ptr) blk: {
            const start = limbs_buffer.items.len;
            try limbs_buffer.appendSlice(x.limbs);
            break :blk x.toMutable(limbs_buffer.items[start..]).toConst();
        } else x;
        const y_copy = if (rma.limbs.ptr == y.limbs.ptr) blk: {
            const start = limbs_buffer.items.len;
            try limbs_buffer.appendSlice(y.limbs);
            break :blk y.toMutable(limbs_buffer.items[start..]).toConst();
        } else y;

        return gcdLehmer(rma, x_copy, y_copy, limbs_buffer);
    }

    /// q = a ^ b
    ///
    /// r may not alias a.
    ///
    /// Asserts that `r` has enough limbs to store the result. Upper bound is
    /// `calcPowLimbsBufferLen(a.bitCountAbs(), b)`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage.
    /// The amount required is given by `calcPowLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn pow(r: *Mutable, a: Const, b: u32, limbs_buffer: []Limb) void {
        assert(r.limbs.ptr != a.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing

        // Handle all the trivial cases first
        switch (b) {
            0 => {
                // a^0 = 1
                return r.set(1);
            },
            1 => {
                // a^1 = a
                return r.copy(a);
            },
            else => {},
        }

        if (a.eqlZero()) {
            // 0^b = 0
            return r.set(0);
        } else if (a.limbs.len == 1 and a.limbs[0] == 1) {
            // 1^b = 1 and -1^b = ±1
            r.set(1);
            r.positive = a.positive or (b & 1) == 0;
            return;
        }

        // Here a>1 and b>1
        const needed_limbs = calcPowLimbsBufferLen(a.bitCountAbs(), b);
        assert(r.limbs.len >= needed_limbs);
        assert(limbs_buffer.len >= needed_limbs);

        llpow(r.limbs, a.limbs, b, limbs_buffer);

        r.normalize(needed_limbs);
        r.positive = a.positive or (b & 1) == 0;
    }

    /// r = ⌊√a⌋
    ///
    /// r may alias a.
    ///
    /// Asserts that `r` has enough limbs to store the result. Upper bound is
    /// `(a.limbs.len - 1) / 2 + 1`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage.
    /// The amount required is given by `calcSqrtLimbsBufferLen`.
    pub fn sqrt(
        r: *Mutable,
        a: Const,
        limbs_buffer: []Limb,
    ) void {
        // Brent and Zimmermann, Modern Computer Arithmetic, Algorithm 1.13 SqrtInt
        // https://members.loria.fr/PZimmermann/mca/pub226.html
        var buf_index: usize = 0;
        var t = b: {
            const start = buf_index;
            buf_index += a.limbs.len;
            break :b Mutable.init(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index], 0);
        };
        var u = b: {
            const start = buf_index;
            const shift = (a.bitCountAbs() + 1) / 2;
            buf_index += 1 + ((shift / limb_bits) + 1);
            var m = Mutable.init(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index], 1);
            m.shiftLeft(m.toConst(), shift); // u must be >= ⌊√a⌋, and should be as small as possible for efficiency
            break :b m;
        };
        var s = b: {
            const start = buf_index;
            buf_index += u.limbs.len;
            break :b u.toConst().toMutable(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index]);
        };
        var rem = b: {
            const start = buf_index;
            buf_index += s.limbs.len;
            break :b Mutable.init(limbs_buffer[start..buf_index], 0);
        };

        while (true) {
            t.divFloor(&rem, a, s.toConst(), limbs_buffer[buf_index..]);
            t.add(t.toConst(), s.toConst());
            u.shiftRight(t.toConst(), 1);

            if (u.toConst().order(s.toConst()).compare(.gte)) {
                r.copy(s.toConst());
                return;
            }

            // Avoid copying u to s by swapping u and s
            const tmp_s = s;
            s = u;
            u = tmp_s;
        }
    }

    /// rma may not alias x or y.
    /// x and y may alias each other.
    /// Asserts that `rma` has enough limbs to store the result. Upper bound is given by `calcGcdNoAliasLimbLen`.
    ///
    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage during the operation.
    pub fn gcdNoAlias(rma: *Mutable, x: Const, y: Const, limbs_buffer: *std.array_list.Managed(Limb)) !void {
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != x.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing
        assert(rma.limbs.ptr != y.limbs.ptr); // illegal aliasing
        return gcdLehmer(rma, x, y, limbs_buffer);
    }

    fn gcdLehmer(result: *Mutable, xa: Const, ya: Const, limbs_buffer: *std.array_list.Managed(Limb)) !void {
        var x = try xa.toManaged(limbs_buffer.allocator);
        defer x.deinit();
        x.abs();

        var y = try ya.toManaged(limbs_buffer.allocator);
        defer y.deinit();
        y.abs();

        if (x.toConst().order(y.toConst()) == .lt) {
            x.swap(&y);
        }

        var t_big = try Managed.init(limbs_buffer.allocator);
        defer t_big.deinit();

        var r = try Managed.init(limbs_buffer.allocator);
        defer r.deinit();

        var tmp_x = try Managed.init(limbs_buffer.allocator);
        defer tmp_x.deinit();

        while (y.len() > 1 and !y.eqlZero()) {
            assert(x.isPositive() and y.isPositive());
            assert(x.len() >= y.len());

            var xh: SignedDoubleLimb = x.limbs[x.len() - 1];
            var yh: SignedDoubleLimb = if (x.len() > y.len()) 0 else y.limbs[x.len() - 1];

            var A: SignedDoubleLimb = 1;
            var B: SignedDoubleLimb = 0;
            var C: SignedDoubleLimb = 0;
            var D: SignedDoubleLimb = 1;

            while (yh + C != 0 and yh + D != 0) {
                const q = @divFloor(xh + A, yh + C);
                const qp = @divFloor(xh + B, yh + D);
                if (q != qp) {
                    break;
                }

                var t = A - q * C;
                A = C;
                C = t;
                t = B - q * D;
                B = D;
                D = t;

                t = xh - q * yh;
                xh = yh;
                yh = t;
            }

            if (B == 0) {
                // t_big = x % y, r is unused
                try r.divTrunc(&t_big, &x, &y);
                assert(t_big.isPositive());

                x.swap(&y);
                y.swap(&t_big);
            } else {
                var storage: [8]Limb = undefined;
                const Ap = fixedIntFromSignedDoubleLimb(A, storage[0..2]).toManaged(limbs_buffer.allocator);
                const Bp = fixedIntFromSignedDoubleLimb(B, storage[2..4]).toManaged(limbs_buffer.allocator);
                const Cp = fixedIntFromSignedDoubleLimb(C, storage[4..6]).toManaged(limbs_buffer.allocator);
                const Dp = fixedIntFromSignedDoubleLimb(D, storage[6..8]).toManaged(limbs_buffer.allocator);

                // t_big = Ax + By
                try r.mul(&x, &Ap);
                try t_big.mul(&y, &Bp);
                try t_big.add(&r, &t_big);

                // u = Cx + Dy, r as u
                try tmp_x.copy(x.toConst());
                try x.mul(&tmp_x, &Cp);
                try r.mul(&y, &Dp);
                try r.add(&x, &r);

                x.swap(&t_big);
                y.swap(&r);
            }
        }

        // euclidean algorithm
        assert(x.toConst().order(y.toConst()) != .lt);

        while (!y.toConst().eqlZero()) {
            try t_big.divTrunc(&r, &x, &y);
            x.swap(&y);
            y.swap(&r);
        }

        result.copy(x.toConst());
    }

    // Truncates by default.
    fn div(q: *Mutable, r: *Mutable, x: *Mutable, y: *Mutable) void {
        assert(!y.eqlZero()); // division by zero
        assert(q != r); // illegal aliasing

        const q_positive = (x.positive == y.positive);
        const r_positive = x.positive;

        if (x.toConst().orderAbs(y.toConst()) == .lt) {
            // q may alias x so handle r first.
            r.copy(x.toConst());
            r.positive = r_positive;

            q.set(0);
            return;
        }

        // Handle trailing zero-words of divisor/dividend. These are not handled in the following
        // algorithms.
        // Note, there must be a non-zero limb for either.
        // const x_trailing = std.mem.findScalar(Limb, x.limbs[0..x.len], 0).?;
        // const y_trailing = std.mem.findScalar(Limb, y.limbs[0..y.len], 0).?;

        const x_trailing = for (x.limbs[0..x.len], 0..) |xi, i| {
            if (xi != 0) break i;
        } else unreachable;

        const y_trailing = for (y.limbs[0..y.len], 0..) |yi, i| {
            if (yi != 0) break i;
        } else unreachable;

        const xy_trailing = @min(x_trailing, y_trailing);

        if (y.len - xy_trailing == 1) {
            const divisor = y.limbs[y.len - 1];

            // Optimization for small divisor. By using a half limb we can avoid requiring DoubleLimb
            // divisions in the hot code path. This may often require compiler_rt software-emulation.
            if (divisor < maxInt(HalfLimb)) {
                lldiv0p5(q.limbs, &r.limbs[0], x.limbs[xy_trailing..x.len], @as(HalfLimb, @intCast(divisor)));
            } else {
                lldiv1(q.limbs, &r.limbs[0], x.limbs[xy_trailing..x.len], divisor);
            }

            q.normalize(x.len - xy_trailing);
            q.positive = q_positive;

            r.len = 1;
            r.positive = r_positive;
        } else {
            // Shrink x, y such that the trailing zero limbs shared between are removed.
            var x0: Mutable = .{
                .limbs = x.limbs[xy_trailing..],
                .len = x.len - xy_trailing,
                .positive = true,
            };

            var y0: Mutable = .{
                .limbs = y.limbs[xy_trailing..],
                .len = y.len - xy_trailing,
                .positive = true,
            };

            divmod(q, r, &x0, &y0);
            q.positive = q_positive;

            r.positive = r_positive;
        }

        if (xy_trailing != 0 and r.limbs[r.len - 1] != 0) {
            // Manually shift here since we know its limb aligned.
            @memmove(r.limbs[xy_trailing..][0..r.len], r.limbs[0..r.len]);
            @memset(r.limbs[0..xy_trailing], 0);
            r.len += xy_trailing;
        }
    }

    /// Handbook of Applied Cryptography, 14.20
    ///
    /// x = qy + r where 0 <= r < y
    /// y is modified but returned intact.
    fn divmod(
        q: *Mutable,
        r: *Mutable,
        x: *Mutable,
        y: *Mutable,
    ) void {
        // 0.
        // Normalize so that y[t] > b/2
        const lz = @clz(y.limbs[y.len - 1]);
        const norm_shift = if (lz == 0 and y.toConst().isOdd())
            limb_bits // Force an extra limb so that y is even.
        else
            lz;

        x.shiftLeft(x.toConst(), norm_shift);
        y.shiftLeft(y.toConst(), norm_shift);

        const n = x.len - 1;
        const t = y.len - 1;
        const shift = n - t;

        // 1.
        // for 0 <= j <= n - t, set q[j] to 0
        q.len = shift + 1;
        q.positive = true;
        @memset(q.limbs[0..q.len], 0);

        // 2.
        // while x >= y * b^(n - t):
        //    x -= y * b^(n - t)
        //    q[n - t] += 1
        // Note, this algorithm is performed only once if y[t] > base/2 and y is even, which we
        // enforced in step 0. This means we can replace the while with an if.
        // Note, multiplication by b^(n - t) comes down to shifting to the right by n - t limbs.
        // We can also replace x >= y * b^(n - t) by x/b^(n - t) >= y, and use shifts for that.
        {
            // x >= y * b^(n - t) can be replaced by x/b^(n - t) >= y.

            // 'divide' x by b^(n - t)
            var tmp: Mutable = .{
                .limbs = x.limbs[shift..],
                .len = x.len - shift,
                .positive = true,
            };

            if (tmp.toConst().order(y.toConst()) != .lt) {
                // Perform x -= y * b^(n - t)
                // Note, we can subtract y from x[n - t..] and get the result without shifting.
                // We can also re-use tmp which already contains the relevant part of x. Note that
                // this also edits x.
                // Due to the check above, this cannot underflow.
                tmp.sub(tmp.toConst(), y.toConst());

                // tmp.sub normalized tmp, but we need to normalize x now.
                x.limbs.len = tmp.limbs.len + shift;

                q.limbs[shift] += 1;
            }
        }

        // 3.
        // for i from n down to t + 1, do
        var i = n;
        while (i >= t + 1) : (i -= 1) {
            const k = i - t - 1;
            // 3.1.
            // if x_i == y_t:
            //   q[i - t - 1] = b - 1
            // else:
            //   q[i - t - 1] = (x[i] * b + x[i - 1]) / y[t]
            if (x.limbs[i] == y.limbs[t]) {
                q.limbs[k] = maxInt(Limb);
            } else {
                const q0 = (@as(DoubleLimb, x.limbs[i]) << limb_bits) | @as(DoubleLimb, x.limbs[i - 1]);
                const n0 = @as(DoubleLimb, y.limbs[t]);
                q.limbs[k] = @as(Limb, @intCast(q0 / n0));
            }

            // 3.2
            // while q[i - t - 1] * (y[t] * b + y[t - 1] > x[i] * b * b + x[i - 1] + x[i - 2]:
            //   q[i - t - 1] -= 1
            // Note, if y[t] > b / 2 this part is repeated no more than twice.

            // Extract from y.
            const y0 = if (t > 0) y.limbs[t - 1] else 0;
            const y1 = y.limbs[t];

            // Extract from x.
            // Note, big endian.
            const tmp0 = [_]Limb{
                x.limbs[i],
                if (i >= 1) x.limbs[i - 1] else 0,
                if (i >= 2) x.limbs[i - 2] else 0,
            };

            while (true) {
                // Ad-hoc 2x1 multiplication with q[i - t - 1].
                // Note, big endian.
                var tmp1 = [_]Limb{ 0, undefined, undefined };
                tmp1[2] = addMulLimbWithCarry(0, y0, q.limbs[k], &tmp1[0]);
                tmp1[1] = addMulLimbWithCarry(0, y1, q.limbs[k], &tmp1[0]);

                // Big-endian compare
                if (mem.order(Limb, &tmp1, &tmp0) != .gt)
                    break;

                q.limbs[k] -= 1;
            }

            // 3.3.
            // x -= q[i - t - 1] * y * b^(i - t - 1)
            // Note, we multiply by a single limb here.
            // The shift doesn't need to be performed if we add the result of the first multiplication
            // to x[i - t - 1].
            const underflow = llmulLimb(.sub, x.limbs[k..x.len], y.limbs[0..y.len], q.limbs[k]);

            // 3.4.
            // if x < 0:
            //   x += y * b^(i - t - 1)
            //   q[i - t - 1] -= 1
            // Note, we check for x < 0 using the underflow flag from the previous operation.
            if (underflow) {
                // While we didn't properly set the signedness of x, this operation should 'flow' it back to positive.
                llaccum(.add, x.limbs[k..x.len], y.limbs[0..y.len]);
                q.limbs[k] -= 1;
            }
        }

        x.normalize(x.len);
        q.normalize(q.len);

        // De-normalize r and y.
        r.shiftRight(x.toConst(), norm_shift);
        y.shiftRight(y.toConst(), norm_shift);
    }

    /// Truncate an integer to a number of bits, following 2s-complement semantics.
    /// `r` may alias `a`.
    ///
    /// Asserts `r` has enough storage to compute the result.
    /// The upper bound is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(a.len)`.
    pub fn truncate(r: *Mutable, a: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        // Handle 0-bit integers.
        if (bit_count == 0) {
            @branchHint(.unlikely);
            r.set(0);
            return;
        }

        const max_limbs = calcTwosCompLimbCount(bit_count);
        const sign_bit = @as(Limb, 1) << @truncate(bit_count - 1);
        const mask = @as(Limb, maxInt(Limb)) >> @truncate(-%bit_count);

        // Guess whether the result will have the same sign as `a`.
        //  * If the result will be signed zero, the guess is `true`.
        //  * If the result will be the minimum signed integer, the guess is `false`.
        //  * If the result will be unsigned zero, the guess is `a.positive`.
        //  * Otherwise the guess is correct.
        const same_sign_guess = switch (signedness) {
            .signed => max_limbs > a.limbs.len or a.limbs[max_limbs - 1] & sign_bit == 0,
            .unsigned => a.positive,
        };

        const abs_trunc_a: Const = .{
            .positive = true,
            .limbs = a.limbs[0..llnormalize(a.limbs[0..@min(a.limbs.len, max_limbs)])],
        };
        if (same_sign_guess or abs_trunc_a.eqlZero()) {
            // One of the following is true:
            //  * The result is zero.
            //  * The result is non-zero and has the same sign as `a`.
            r.copy(abs_trunc_a);
            if (max_limbs <= r.len) r.limbs[max_limbs - 1] &= mask;
            r.normalize(r.len);
            r.positive = a.positive or r.eqlZero();
        } else {
            // One of the following is true:
            //  * The result is the minimum signed integer.
            //  * The result is unsigned zero.
            //  * The result is non-zero and has the opposite sign as `a`.
            r.addScalar(abs_trunc_a, -1);
            llnot(r.limbs[0..r.len]);
            @memset(r.limbs[r.len..max_limbs], maxInt(Limb));
            r.limbs[max_limbs - 1] &= mask;
            r.normalize(max_limbs);
            r.positive = switch (signedness) {
                // The only value with the sign bit still set is the minimum signed integer.
                .signed => !a.positive and r.limbs[max_limbs - 1] & sign_bit == 0,
                .unsigned => !a.positive or r.eqlZero(),
            };
        }
    }

    /// Saturate an integer to a number of bits, following 2s-complement semantics.
    /// r may alias a.
    ///
    /// Asserts `r` has enough storage to store the result.
    /// The upper bound is `calcTwosCompLimbCount(a.len)`.
    pub fn saturate(r: *Mutable, a: Const, signedness: Signedness, bit_count: usize) void {
        if (!a.fitsInTwosComp(signedness, bit_count)) {
            r.setTwosCompIntLimit(if (r.positive) .max else .min, signedness, bit_count);
        }
    }

    /// Read the value of `x` from `buffer`.
    /// Asserts that `buffer` is large enough to contain a value of bit-size `bit_count`.
    ///
    /// The contents of `buffer` are interpreted as if they were the contents of
    /// @ptrCast(*[buffer.len]const u8, &x). Byte ordering is determined by `endian`
    /// and any required padding bits are expected on the MSB end.
    pub fn readTwosComplement(
        x: *Mutable,
        buffer: []const u8,
        bit_count: usize,
        endian: Endian,
        signedness: Signedness,
    ) void {
        return readPackedTwosComplement(x, buffer, 0, bit_count, endian, signedness);
    }

    /// Read the value of `x` from a packed memory `buffer`.
    /// Asserts that `buffer` is large enough to contain a value of bit-size `bit_count`
    /// at offset `bit_offset`.
    ///
    /// This is equivalent to loading the value of an integer with `bit_count` bits as
    /// if it were a field in packed memory at the provided bit offset.
    pub fn readPackedTwosComplement(
        x: *Mutable,
        buffer: []const u8,
        bit_offset: usize,
        bit_count: usize,
        endian: Endian,
        signedness: Signedness,
    ) void {
        if (bit_count == 0) {
            x.limbs[0] = 0;
            x.len = 1;
            x.positive = true;
            return;
        }

        // Check whether the input is negative
        var positive = true;
        if (signedness == .signed) {
            const total_bits = bit_offset + bit_count;
            const last_byte = switch (endian) {
                .little => ((total_bits + 7) / 8) - 1,
                .big => buffer.len - ((total_bits + 7) / 8),
            };

            const sign_bit = @as(u8, 1) << @as(u3, @intCast((total_bits - 1) % 8));
            positive = ((buffer[last_byte] & sign_bit) == 0);
        }

        // Copy all complete limbs
        var carry: u1 = 1;
        var limb_index: usize = 0;
        var bit_index: usize = 0;
        while (limb_index < bit_count / @bitSizeOf(Limb)) : (limb_index += 1) {
            // Read one Limb of bits
            var limb = mem.readPackedInt(Limb, buffer, bit_index + bit_offset, endian);
            bit_index += @bitSizeOf(Limb);

            // 2's complement (bitwise not, then add carry bit)
            if (!positive) {
                const ov = @addWithOverflow(~limb, carry);
                limb = ov[0];
                carry = ov[1];
            }
            x.limbs[limb_index] = limb;
        }

        // Copy the remaining bits
        if (bit_count != bit_index) {
            // Read all remaining bits
            var limb = switch (signedness) {
                .unsigned => mem.readVarPackedInt(Limb, buffer, bit_index + bit_offset, bit_count - bit_index, endian, .unsigned),
                .signed => b: {
                    const SLimb = @Int(.signed, @bitSizeOf(Limb));
                    const limb = mem.readVarPackedInt(SLimb, buffer, bit_index + bit_offset, bit_count - bit_index, endian, .signed);
                    break :b @as(Limb, @bitCast(limb));
                },
            };

            // 2's complement (bitwise not, then add carry bit)
            if (!positive) {
                const ov = @addWithOverflow(~limb, carry);
                assert(ov[1] == 0);
                limb = ov[0];
            }
            x.limbs[limb_index] = limb;

            limb_index += 1;
        }

        x.positive = positive;
        x.len = limb_index;
        x.normalize(x.len);
    }

    /// Normalize a possible sequence of leading zeros.
    ///
    /// [1, 2, 3, 4, 0] -> [1, 2, 3, 4]
    /// [1, 2, 0, 0, 0] -> [1, 2]
    /// [0, 0, 0, 0, 0] -> [0]
    pub fn normalize(r: *Mutable, length: usize) void {
        r.len = llnormalize(r.limbs[0..length]);
    }

    pub fn format(self: Mutable, w: *std.Io.Writer) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
        return formatNumber(self, w, .{});
    }

    /// If the absolute value of integer is greater than or equal to `pow(2, 64 * @sizeOf(usize) * 8)`,
    /// this function will fail to print the string, printing "(BigInt)" instead of a number.
    /// This is because the rendering algorithm requires reversing a string, which requires O(N) memory.
    /// See `Const.toString` and `Const.toStringAlloc` for a way to print big integers without failure.
    pub fn formatNumber(self: Mutable, w: *std.Io.Writer, n: std.fmt.Number) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
        return self.toConst().formatNumber(w, n);
    }
}