if b[0]&0x40 != 0 {
			inv = 0xff
		}

		var x uint64
		for i, c := range b {
			c ^= inv // Inverts c only if inv is 0xff, otherwise does nothing
			if i == 0 {
				c &= 0x7f // Ignore signal bit in first byte
			}
			if (x >> 56) > 0 {
				p.err = ErrHeader // Integer overflow
				return 0
			}
			x = x<<8 | uint64(c)
		}
		if (x >> 63) > 0 {
			p.err = ErrHeader // Integer overflow

it compiles into a shared object (.so) that is dynamically linked into
any 6.out that imports the first two files.

The stanza

	// #include <gmp.h>
	import "C"

is a signal to cgo.  The doc comment on the import of "C" provides
additional context for the C file.  Here it is just a single #include
but it could contain arbitrary C definitions to be imported and used.