[src/fpif.c] Added a FIXME comment in mpfr_fpif_import concerning the

precision.

git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk@8437 280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fpif.c b/src/fpif.c
index 87b1442f7..c12322d34 100644
--- a/src/fpif.c
+++ b/src/fpif.c
@@ -543,8 +543,13 @@ mpfr_fpif_import (mpfr_t x, FILE *fh)
   unsigned char *buffer;
   size_t used_size;
 
+  /* FIXME: One may have precision > MPFR_PREC_MAX. This can be taken into
+     account either here or in mpfr_fpif_read_precision_from_file. One may
+     also have 0 < precision < MPFR_PREC_MIN. Should this be regarded as an
+     error or should the precision of the number be raised to MPFR_PREC_MIN
+     (I think that the latter choice is safe and expected). */
   precision = mpfr_fpif_read_precision_from_file (fh);
-  if (precision == 0)
+  if (precision == 0)  /* precision = 0 means an error */
     return -1;
   mpfr_set_prec (x, precision);