--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ampi.c	Sun Dec 19 11:47:33 2004 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* Code submitted by Svante Seleborg, cleaned up by Tom St Denis */
+
+#include "mycrypt.h"
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#ifdef MPI
+
+mp_err mp_init_multi(mp_int *mp, ...) 
+{
+    mp_err res = MP_OKAY;      /* Assume ok until proven otherwise */
+    int n = 0;                 /* Number of ok inits */
+    mp_int* cur_arg = mp;
+    va_list args;
+
+    va_start(args, mp);        /* init args to next argument from caller */
+    while (cur_arg != NULL) {
+        if (mp_init(cur_arg) != MP_OKAY) {
+            /* Oops - error! Back-track and mp_clear what we already
+               succeeded in init-ing, then return error.
+            */
+            va_list clean_args;
+            cur_arg = mp;
+            va_start(clean_args, mp);
+            while (n--) {
+                mp_clear(cur_arg);
+                cur_arg = va_arg(clean_args, mp_int*);
+            }
+            va_end(clean_args);
+            res = MP_MEM;
+            break;
+        }
+        n++;
+        cur_arg = va_arg(args, mp_int*);
+    }
+    va_end(args);
+    return res;                /* Assumed ok, if error flagged above. */
+}
+
+/*
+    Clear all arguments given, ended by a NULL marker.
+*/
+void mp_clear_multi(mp_int *mp, ...) 
+{
+    mp_int* next_mp = mp;
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, mp);
+    while (next_mp != NULL) {
+        mp_clear(next_mp);
+        next_mp = va_arg(args, mp_int*);
+    }
+    va_end(args);
+}
+
+#endif
+