// making zero values useful and gmp's decision not to.
func (z *Int) doinit() {
	if z.init {
		return
	}
	z.init = true
	C.mpz_init(&z.i[0])
}

// Bytes returns z's representation as a big-endian byte array.
func (z *Int) Bytes() []byte {
	b := make([]byte, (z.Len()+7)/8)
	n := C.size_t(len(b))
	C.mpz_export(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0]), &n, 1, 1, 1, 0, &z.i[0])
	return b[0:n]
}

func (p *parser) parseNumeric(b []byte) int64 {
	// Check for base-256 (binary) format first.
	// If the first bit is set, then all following bits constitute a two's
	// complement encoded number in big-endian byte order.
	if len(b) > 0 && b[0]&0x80 != 0 {
		// Handling negative numbers relies on the following identity:
		//	-a-1 == ^a
		//
		// If the number is negative, we use an inversion mask to invert the