.TH ZINIT 3 libzahl
.SH NAME
zinit - Prepare a bit integer for use.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <zahl.h>

void zinit(z_t \fIa\fP);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B zinit
initializes the big integer
.I a
so that it can be used in other function calls.
.P
.B z_t
is defined as
.P
.nf
typedef struct {
	/* You should not care about what is
	 * inside this struct. It could change
	 * in the future. */
} z_t[1];
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR zfree (3),
.BR zswap (3),
.BR zsave (3),
.BR zsignum (3),
.BR zeven (3),
.BR zset (3),
.BR zcmp (3),
.BR zgcd (3),
.BR zptest (3),
.BR zrand (3),
.BR zbits (3),
.BR zlsb (3),
.BR zbtest (3),
.BR zbset (3),
.BR zand (3),
.BR zor (3),
.BR zxor (3),
.BR znot (3),
.BR zlsh (3),
.BR zrsh (3),
.BR ztrunc (3),
.BR zsplit (3),
.BR zadd (3),
.BR zsub (3),
.BR zmul (3),
.BR zdiv (3),
.BR zmod (3),
.BR zneg (3),
.BR zabs (3),
.BR zpow (3)