.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)