go-ethereum/core/vm/intpool.go

// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
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package vm

import "math/big"

var checkVal = big.NewInt(-42)

// intPool is a pool of big integers that
// can be reused for all big.Int operations.
type intPool struct {
	pool *Stack
}

func newIntPool() *intPool {
	return &intPool{pool: newstack()}
}

func (p *intPool) get() *big.Int {
	if p.pool.len() > 0 {
		return p.pool.pop()
	}
	return new(big.Int)
}
func (p *intPool) put(is ...*big.Int) {
	for _, i := range is {
		// verifyPool is a build flag. Pool verification makes sure the integrity
		// of the integer pool by comparing values to a default value.
		if verifyPool {
			i.Set(checkVal)
		}

		p.pool.push(i)
	}
}