/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * varbit.c
 *	  Functions for the built-in type bit() and varying bit().
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/varbit.c,v 1.1 2000/04/08 02:12:54 thomas Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

/* Include file list stolen from float.c.
 * Can probably get rid of some of these.
 * - thomas 2000-04-07
 */
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include <float.h>				/* faked on sunos4 */

#include <math.h>

#include "postgres.h"
#ifdef HAVE_LIMITS_H
#include <limits.h>
#ifndef MAXINT
#define MAXINT		  INT_MAX
#endif
#else
#ifdef HAVE_VALUES_H
#include <values.h>
#endif
#endif
#include "fmgr.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "access/htup.h"

/* 
   Prefixes:
     zp    -- zero-padded fixed length bit string
     var   -- varying bit string

   attypmod -- contains the length of the bit string in bits, or for
               varying bits the maximum length. 

   The data structure contains the following elements:
      header  -- length of the whole data structure (incl header)
                 in bytes. (as with all varying length datatypes)
      data section -- private data section for the bits data structures
         bitlength -- lenght of the bit string in bits
	 bitdata   -- least significant byte first string
*/

char * 
varbit_out (bits8 *s) {
  return zpbits_out(s);
}

/*
 * zpbit_in -
 *	  converts a string to the internal representation of a bitstring.
 *        The length is determined by the number of bits required plus
 *        VARHDRSZ bytes or from atttypmod. 
 *	  (XXX dummy is here because we pass typelem as the second argument 
 *        for array_in. copied this, no idea what it means??)
 */
bits8 *
zpbit_in(char *s, int dummy,  int32 atttypmod)
{
  bits8 *result;	/* the bits string that was read in   */ 
  char  *sp;		/* pointer into the character string  */
  bits8 *r;
  int len,		/* Length of the whole data structure */
    bitlen,		/* Number of bits in the bit string   */
    slen;		/* Length of the input string         */
  int bit_not_hex = 0;  /* 0 = hex string  1=bit string       */
  int bc, ipad;
  bits8 x = 0;


  if (s == NULL)
    return (bits8 *) NULL;

  /* Check that the first character is a b or an x */
  if (s[0]=='b' || s[0]=='B') 
      bit_not_hex = 1;
  else if (s[0]=='x' || s[0]=='X') 
      bit_not_hex = 0;
  else 
    elog(ERROR, "zpbit_in: %s is not a valid bitstring",s);

  slen = strlen(s) - 1;
  /* Determine bitlength from input string */
  bitlen = slen;
  if (!bit_not_hex)
    bitlen *= 4;
  
  /* Sometimes atttypmod is not supplied. If it is supplied we need to make
     sure that the bitstring fits. Note that the number of infered bits can
     be larger than the number of actual bits needed, but only if we are 
     reading a hex string and not by more than 3 bits, as a hex string gives 
     and accurate length upto 4 bits */
  if (atttypmod == -1)
    atttypmod = bitlen;
  else
    if ((bitlen>atttypmod && bit_not_hex) || 
	(bitlen>atttypmod+3 && !bit_not_hex))
	  elog(ERROR, "zpbit_in: bit string of size %d cannot be written into bits(%d)",
	       bitlen,atttypmod);


  len = VARBITDATALEN(atttypmod);

  if (len > MaxAttrSize)
    elog(ERROR, "zpbit_in: length of bit() must be less than %ld",
	 (MaxAttrSize-VARHDRSZ-VARBITHDRSZ)*BITSPERBYTE);

  result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
  /* set to 0 so that *r is always initialised and strin is zero-padded */
  memset(result, 0, len);
  VARSIZE(result) = len;
  VARBITLEN(result) = atttypmod;

  /* We need to read the bitstring from the end, as we store it least 
     significant byte first. s points to the byte before the beginning
     of the bitstring */
  sp = s+1;
  r = VARBITS(result);
  if (bit_not_hex) 
    {
      /* Parse the bit representation of the string */
      /* We know it fits, as bitlen was compared to atttypmod */
      x = BITHIGH;
      for (bc = 0; sp != s+slen+1; sp++, bc++)
	{
	  if (*sp=='1')
	    *r |= x;
	  if (bc==7) {
	    bc = 0;
	    x = BITHIGH;
	    r++;
	  } else 
	    x >>= 1;
	}
     }
  else 
    {
      /* Parse the hex representation of the string */
      for (bc = 0; sp != s+slen+1; sp++)
	{
	  if (*sp>='0' && *sp<='9') 
	    x = (bits8) (*sp - '0');
	  else if (*sp>='A' && *sp<='F') 
	    x = (bits8) (*sp - 'A') + 10;
	  else if (*sp>='a' && *sp<='f') 
	    x = (bits8) (*sp - 'a') + 10;
	  else 
	    elog(ERROR,"Cannot parse %c as a hex digit",*sp);
	  if (bc) {
	    bc = 0;
	    *r++ |= x;
	  } else {
	    bc++;
	    *r = x<<4;
	  }
	}
    }

  if (bitlen > atttypmod) {
    /* Check that this fitted */
    r = (bits8 *) (result + len - 1);
    ipad = VARBITPAD(result);
    /* The bottom ipad bits of the byte pointed to by r need to be zero */
    if (((*r << (BITSPERBYTE-ipad)) & BITMASK) > 0)
      elog(ERROR, "zpbit_in: bit string too large for bit(%d) data type",
	   atttypmod);
  }

  return result;
}

/* zpbit_out -
 *    for the time being we print everything as hex strings, as this is likely 
 *    to be more compact than bit strings, and consequently much more efficient
 *    for long strings
 */
char *
zpbit_out(bits8 *s)
{
  char	   *result, *r;
  bits8    *sp;
  int	   i, len, bitlen;
  
  if (s == NULL)
    {
      result = (char *) palloc(2);
      result[0] = '-';
      result[1] = '\0';
    }
  else
    {
      bitlen = VARBITLEN(s);
      len = bitlen/4 + (bitlen%4>0 ? 1 : 0);
      result = (char *) palloc(len + 4);
      sp = VARBITS(s);
      r = result;
      *r++ = 'X';
      *r++ = '\'';
      /* we cheat by knowing that we store full bytes zero padded */
      for (i=0; i<len; i+=2, sp++) {
	*r++ = HEXDIG((*sp)>>4);
	*r++ = HEXDIG((*sp) & 0xF);
      }
      /* Go back one step if we printed a hex number that was not part
	 of the bitstring anymore */
      if (i==len+1)
	r--;
      *r++ = '\'';
      *r = '\0';
    }
  return result;
}

/* zpbits_out -
 *    Prints the string a bits
 */
char *
zpbits_out(bits8 *s)
{
  char	   *result, *r;
  bits8    *sp;
  bits8    x;
  int	   i, k, len;
  
  if (s == NULL)
    {
      result = (char *) palloc(2);
      result[0] = '-';
      result[1] = '\0';
    }
  else
    {
      len = VARBITLEN(s);
      result = (char *) palloc(len + 4);
      sp = VARBITS(s);
      r = result;
      *r++ = 'B';
      *r++ = '\'';
      for (i=0; i<len-BITSPERBYTE; i+=BITSPERBYTE, sp++) {
	x = *sp;
	for (k=0; k<BITSPERBYTE; k++) 
	  {
	    *r++ = (x & BITHIGH) ? '1' : '0';
	    x <<= 1;
	  }
      }
      x = *sp;
      for (k=i; k<len; k++)
	{
	  *r++ = (x & BITHIGH) ? '1' : '0';
	  x <<= 1;
	}
      *r++ = '\'';
      *r = '\0';
    }
  return result;
}


/*
 * varbit_in -
 *	  converts a string to the internal representation of a bitstring.
*/
bits8 *
varbit_in(char *s, int dummy,  int32 atttypmod)
{
  bits8 *result;	/* The resulting bit string           */
  char *sp;		/* pointer into the character string  */
  bits8 *r;
  int len,		/* Length of the whole data structure */
    bitlen,		/* Number of bits in the bit string   */
    slen;		/* Length of the input string         */
  int bit_not_hex = 0;
  int bc, ipad;
  bits8 x = 0;


  if (s == NULL)
    return (bits8 *) NULL;

  /* Check that the first character is a b or an x */
  if (s[0]=='b' || s[0]=='B') 
      bit_not_hex = 1;
  else if (s[0]=='x' || s[0]=='X') 
      bit_not_hex = 0;
  else 
    elog(ERROR, "zpbit_in: %s is not a valid bitstring",s);

  slen = strlen(s) - 1;
  /* Determine bitlength from input string */
  bitlen = slen;
  if (!bit_not_hex)
    bitlen *= 4;
  
  /* Sometimes atttypmod is not supplied. If it is supplied we need to make
     sure that the bitstring fits. Note that the number of infered bits can
     be larger than the number of actual bits needed, but only if we are 
     reading a hex string and not by more than 3 bits, as a hex string gives 
     and accurate length upto 4 bits */
  if (atttypmod > -1)
    if ((bitlen>atttypmod && bit_not_hex) || 
	(bitlen>atttypmod+3 && !bit_not_hex))
	  elog(ERROR, "varbit_in: bit string of size %d cannot be written into varying bits(%d)",
	       bitlen,atttypmod);


  len = VARBITDATALEN(bitlen);

  if (len > MaxAttrSize)
    elog(ERROR, "varbit_in: length of bit() must be less than %ld",
	 (MaxAttrSize-VARHDRSZ-VARBITHDRSZ)*BITSPERBYTE);

  result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
  /* set to 0 so that *r is always initialised and strin is zero-padded */
  memset(result, 0, len);
  VARSIZE(result) = len;
  VARBITLEN(result) = bitlen;

  /* We need to read the bitstring from the end, as we store it least 
     significant byte first. s points to the byte before the beginning
     of the bitstring */
  sp = s + 1;
  r = VARBITS(result);
  if (bit_not_hex) 
    {
      /* Parse the bit representation of the string */
      x = BITHIGH;
      for (bc = 0; sp != s+slen+1; sp++, bc++)
	{
	  if (*sp=='1')
	    *r |= x;
	  if (bc==7) {
	    bc = 0;
	    x = BITHIGH;
	    r++;
	  } else 
	    x >>= 1;
	}
     }
  else 
    {
      for (bc = 0; sp != s+slen+1; sp++)
	{
	  if (*sp>='0' && *sp<='9') 
	    x = (bits8) (*sp - '0');
	  else if (*sp>='A' && *sp<='F') 
	    x = (bits8) (*sp - 'A') + 10;
	  else if (*sp>='a' && *sp<='f') 
	    x = (bits8) (*sp - 'a') + 10;
	  else 
	    elog(ERROR,"Cannot parse %c as a hex digit",*sp);
	  if (bc) {
	    bc = 0;
	    *r++ |= x;
	  } else {
	    bc++;
	    *r = x<<4;
	  }
	}
    }

  if (bitlen > atttypmod) {
    /* Check that this fitted */
    r = (bits8 *) (result + len - 1);
    ipad = VARBITPAD(result);
    /* The bottom ipad bits of the byte pointed to by r need to be zero */
    if (((*r << (BITSPERBYTE-ipad)) & BITMASK) > 0)
      elog(ERROR, "varbit_in: bit string too large for varying bit(%d) data type",
	   atttypmod);
  }

  return result;
}

/*
  the zpbit_out routines are fine for varying bits as well 
*/


/*
 * Comparison operators
 *
 * We only need one set of comparison operators for bitstrings, as the lengths
 * are stored in the same way for zero-padded and varying bit strings. 
 *
 * Note that the standard is not unambiguous about the comparison between 
 * zero-padded bit strings and varying bitstrings. If the same value is written
 * into a zero padded bitstring as into a varying bitstring, but the zero 
 * padded bitstring has greater length, it will be bigger. 
 *
 * Zeros from the beginning of a bitstring cannot simply be ignored, as they
 * may be part of a bit string and may be significant.
 */

bool
biteq (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  int bitlen1,
    bitlen2;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return (bool) 0;
  bitlen1 = VARBITLEN(arg1);
  bitlen2 = VARBITLEN(arg2);
  if (bitlen1 != bitlen2)
    return (bool) 0;
  
  /* bit strings are always stored in a full number of bytes */
  return memcmp((void *)VARBITS(arg1),(void *)VARBITS(arg2),
		VARBITBYTES(arg1)) == 0;
}

bool
bitne (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  int bitlen1,
    bitlen2;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return (bool) 0;
  bitlen1 = VARBITLEN(arg1);
  bitlen2 = VARBITLEN(arg2);
  if (bitlen1 != bitlen2)
    return (bool) 1;
  
  /* bit strings are always stored in a full number of bytes */
  return memcmp((void *)VARBITS(arg1),(void *)VARBITS(arg2),
		VARBITBYTES(arg1)) != 0;
}

/* bitcmp
 * 
 * Compares two bitstrings and returns -1, 0, 1 depending on whether the first
 * string is smaller, equal, or bigger than the second. All bits are considered
 * and additional zero bits may make one string smaller/larger than the other,
 * even if their zero-padded values would be the same.
 *   Anything is equal to undefined.
 */
int 
bitcmp (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  int bitlen1, bytelen1,
    bitlen2, bytelen2;
  int cmp;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return (bool) 0;
  bytelen1 = VARBITBYTES(arg1);  
  bytelen2 = VARBITBYTES(arg2);
  
  cmp = memcmp(VARBITS(arg1),VARBITS(arg2),Min(bytelen1,bytelen2));
  if (cmp==0) {
    bitlen1 = VARBITLEN(arg1);
    bitlen2 = VARBITLEN(arg2);
    if (bitlen1 != bitlen2) 
      return bitlen1 < bitlen2 ? -1 : 1;
  }
  return cmp;
}

bool
bitlt (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  return (bool) (bitcmp(arg1,arg2) == -1);
}

bool
bitle (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  return (bool) (bitcmp(arg1,arg2) <= 0);
}

bool
bitge (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  return (bool) (bitcmp(arg1,arg2) >= 0);
}

bool
bitgt (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  return (bool) (bitcmp(arg1,arg2) == 1);
}

/* bitcat
 * Concatenation of bit strings
 */
bits8 *
bitcat (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
  int bitlen1, bitlen2, bytelen, bit1pad, bit2shift;
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *pr, *pa;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return NULL;

  bitlen1 = VARBITLEN(arg1);
  bitlen2 = VARBITLEN(arg2);

  bytelen = VARBITDATALEN(bitlen1+bitlen2);
  
  result = (bits8 *) palloc(bytelen*sizeof(bits8));
  VARSIZE(result) = bytelen;
  VARBITLEN(result) = bitlen1+bitlen2;
  /* Copy the first bitstring in */
  memcpy(VARBITS(result),VARBITS(arg1),VARBITBYTES(arg1));
  /* Copy the second bit string */
  bit1pad = VARBITPAD(arg1);
  if (bit1pad==0) 
    {
      memcpy(VARBITS(result)+VARBITBYTES(arg1),VARBITS(arg2),
	     VARBITBYTES(arg2));
    }
  else if (bitlen2>0)
    {
      /* We need to shift all the results to fit */
      bit2shift = BITSPERBYTE - bit1pad;
      pa = VARBITS(arg2);
      pr = VARBITS(result)+VARBITBYTES(arg1)-1;
      for ( ; pa < VARBITEND(arg2); pa++) {
	*pr |= ((*pa >> bit2shift) & BITMASK);
	pr++;
	if (pr < VARBITEND(result))
	  *pr = (*pa << bit1pad) & BITMASK;
      }
    }

  return result;
}

/* bitsubstr
 * retrieve a substring from the bit string. 
 * Note, s is 1-based.
 * SQL draft 6.10 9)
 */
bits8 * 
bitsubstr (bits8 *arg, int32 s, int32 l)
{
  int bitlen,
    rbitlen,
    len,
    ipad = 0,
    ishift,
    i;
  int e, s1, e1;
  bits8 * result;
  bits8 mask, *r, *ps;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg))
    return NULL;

  bitlen = VARBITLEN(arg);
  e = s+l;
  s1 = Max(s,1);
  e1 = Min(e,bitlen+1);
  if (s1>bitlen || e1<1) 
    {
      /* Need to return a null string */
      len = VARBITDATALEN(0);
      result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
      VARBITLEN(result) = 0;
      VARSIZE(result) = len;
    } 
  else 
    {
      /* OK, we've got a true substring starting at position s1-1 and 
	 ending at position e1-1 */
      rbitlen = e1-s1;
      len = VARBITDATALEN(rbitlen);
      result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
      VARBITLEN(result) = rbitlen;
      VARSIZE(result) = len;
      len -= VARHDRSZ + VARBITHDRSZ;
      /* Are we copying from a byte boundary? */
      if ((s1-1)%BITSPERBYTE==0) 
	{
	  /* Yep, we are copying bytes */
	  memcpy(VARBITS(result),VARBITS(arg)+(s1-1)/BITSPERBYTE,len);
	} 
      else 
	{
	  /* Figure out how much we need to shift the sequence by */
	  ishift = (s1-1)%BITSPERBYTE;
	  r = VARBITS(result);
	  ps = VARBITS(arg) + (s1-1)/BITSPERBYTE;
	  for (i=0; i<len; i++) 
	    {
	      *r = (*ps <<ishift) & BITMASK;
	      if ((++ps) < VARBITEND(arg))
		*r |= *ps >>(BITSPERBYTE-ishift);
	      r++;
	    }
	}
      /* Do we need to pad at the end? */
      ipad = VARBITPAD(result);
      if (ipad > 0) 
	{
	  mask = BITMASK << ipad;
	  *(VARBITS(result) + len - 1) &= mask;
	}
    }

  return result;
}

/* bitand
 * perform a logical AND on two bit strings. The result is automatically
 * truncated to the shorter bit string
 */
bits8 *
bitand (bits8 * arg1, bits8 * arg2)
{
  int len,
    i;
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *p1, 
    *p2, 
    *r;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return (bool) 0;

  len = Min(VARSIZE(arg1),VARSIZE(arg2));
  result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
  VARSIZE(result) = len;
  VARBITLEN(result) = Min(VARBITLEN(arg1),VARBITLEN(arg2));

  p1 = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg1);
  p2 = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg2);
  r = (bits8 *) VARBITS(result);
  for (i=0; i<Min(VARBITBYTES(arg1),VARBITBYTES(arg2)); i++)
    *r++ = *p1++ & *p2++;
  
  /* Padding is not needed as & of 0 pad is 0 */
  
  return result;
}

/* bitor
 * perform a logical OR on two bit strings. The result is automatically
 * truncated to the shorter bit string.
 */
bits8 *
bitor (bits8 * arg1, bits8 * arg2)
{
  int len,
    i;
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *p1, 
    *p2, 
    *r;
  bits8 mask;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return (bool) 0;

  len = Min(VARSIZE(arg1),VARSIZE(arg2));
  result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
  VARSIZE(result) = len;
  VARBITLEN(result) = Min(VARBITLEN(arg1),VARBITLEN(arg2));

  p1 = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg1);
  p2 = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg2);
  r = (bits8 *) VARBITS(result);
  for (i=0; i<Min(VARBITBYTES(arg1),VARBITBYTES(arg2)); i++)
    *r++ = *p1++ | *p2++;

  /* Pad the result */
  mask = BITMASK << VARBITPAD(result);
  *r &= mask;
  
  return result;
}

/* bitxor
 * perform a logical XOR on two bit strings. The result is automatically
 * truncated to the shorter bit string.
 */
bits8 *
bitxor (bits8 * arg1, bits8 * arg2)
{
  int len,
    i;
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *p1, 
    *p2, 
    *r;
  bits8 mask;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg1) || !PointerIsValid(arg2))
    return (bool) 0;

  len = Min(VARSIZE(arg1),VARSIZE(arg2));
  result = (bits8 *) palloc(len);
  VARSIZE(result) = len;
  VARBITLEN(result) = Min(VARBITLEN(arg1),VARBITLEN(arg2));

  p1 = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg1);
  p2 = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg2);
  r = (bits8 *) VARBITS(result);
  for (i=0; i<Min(VARBITBYTES(arg1),VARBITBYTES(arg2)); i++)
    {
      *r++ = *p1++ ^ *p2++;
    }

  /* Pad the result */
  mask = BITMASK << VARBITPAD(result);
  *r &= mask;
  
  return result;
}

/* bitnot
 * perform a logical NOT on a bit strings.
 */
bits8 *
bitnot (bits8 * arg)
{
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *p, 
    *r;
  bits8 mask;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg))
    return (bool) 0;

  result = (bits8 *) palloc(VARSIZE(arg));
  VARSIZE(result) = VARSIZE(arg);
  VARBITLEN(result) = VARBITLEN(arg);

  p = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg);
  r = (bits8 *) VARBITS(result);
  for ( ; p < VARBITEND(arg); p++, r++)
    *r = ~*p;

  /* Pad the result */
  mask = BITMASK << VARBITPAD(result);
  *r &= mask;
  
  return result;
}

/* bitshiftleft
 * do a left shift (i.e. to the beginning of the string) of the bit string
 */
bits8 *
bitshiftleft (bits8 * arg, int shft)
{
  int byte_shift, ishift, len;
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *p, 
    *r;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg))
    return (bool) 0;

  /* Negative shift is a shift to the right */
  if (shft < 0) 
    return bitshiftright(arg, -shft);

  result = (bits8 *) palloc(VARSIZE(arg));
  VARSIZE(result) = VARSIZE(arg);
  VARBITLEN(result) = VARBITLEN(arg);
  r = (bits8 *) VARBITS(result);

  byte_shift = shft/BITSPERBYTE;
  ishift = shft % BITSPERBYTE;
  p = ((bits8 *) VARBITS(arg)) + byte_shift;
  
  if (ishift == 0) {
    /* Special case: we can do a memcpy */
    len = VARBITBYTES(arg) - byte_shift;
    memcpy(r, p, len);
    memset(r+len, 0, byte_shift);
  } else {
    for ( ; p < VARBITEND(arg); r++) {
      *r = *p <<ishift;
      if ((++p) < VARBITEND(arg))
	*r |= *p >>(BITSPERBYTE-ishift);
    }
    for ( ; r < VARBITEND(result) ; r++ ) 
      *r = (bits8) 0;
  }

  return result;
}

/* bitshiftright
 * do a right shift (i.e. to the beginning of the string) of the bit string
 */
bits8 *
bitshiftright (bits8 * arg, int shft)
{
  int byte_shift, ishift, len;
  bits8 *result;
  bits8 *p, 
    *r;

  if (!PointerIsValid(arg))
    return (bits8 *) 0;

  /* Negative shift is a shift to the left */
  if (shft < 0) 
    return bitshiftleft(arg, -shft);

  result = (bits8 *) palloc(VARSIZE(arg));
  VARSIZE(result) = VARSIZE(arg);
  VARBITLEN(result) = VARBITLEN(arg);
  r = (bits8 *) VARBITS(result);

  byte_shift = shft/BITSPERBYTE;
  ishift = shft % BITSPERBYTE;
  p = (bits8 *) VARBITS(arg);

  /* Set the first part of the result to 0 */
  memset(r, 0, byte_shift);
  
  if (ishift == 0) 
    {
      /* Special case: we can do a memcpy */
      len = VARBITBYTES(arg) - byte_shift;
      memcpy(r+byte_shift, p, len);
    } 
  else 
    {
      r += byte_shift;
      *r = 0;    /* Initialise first byte */
      for ( ; r < VARBITEND(result); p++) {
	*r |= *p >> ishift;
	if ((++r) < VARBITEND(result))
	  *r = (*p <<(BITSPERBYTE-ishift)) & BITMASK;
      }
    }

  return result;
}

bool
varbiteq (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return biteq(arg1, arg2);
}

bool
varbitne (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitne(arg1, arg2);
}

bool
varbitge (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitge(arg1, arg2);
}

bool
varbitgt (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitgt(arg1, arg2);
}

bool
varbitle (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitle(arg1, arg2);
}

bool
varbitlt (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitlt(arg1, arg2);
}

int
varbitcmp (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitcmp(arg1, arg2);
}

bits8 *
varbitand (bits8 * arg1, bits8 * arg2)
{
	return bitand(arg1, arg2);
}

bits8 *
varbitor (bits8 * arg1, bits8 * arg2)
{
	return bitor(arg1, arg2);
}

bits8 *
varbitxor (bits8 * arg1, bits8 * arg2)
{
	return bitxor(arg1, arg2);
}

bits8 *
varbitnot (bits8 * arg)
{
	return bitnot(arg);
}

bits8 *
varbitshiftright (bits8 * arg, int shft)
{
	return bitshiftright(arg, shft);
}

bits8 *
varbitshiftleft (bits8 * arg, int shft)
{
	return bitshiftleft(arg, shft);
}

bits8 *
varbitcat (bits8 *arg1, bits8 *arg2)
{
	return bitcat(arg1, arg2);
}

bits8 *
varbitsubstr (bits8 *arg, int32 s, int32 l)
{
	return bitsubstr(arg, s, l);
}