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knum

knum contains libk's functions for dealing with numbers. knum is intended to be much more consistent and generic than libc, with support for arbitrary bases, arbitrarily sized integers, and interfaces at varying levels of abstraction. (for instance, converting numbers to strings will not require invoking a string formatting routine or IO function; string formatting routines will invoke the same conversion functions that users can.) integers larger and smaller than processor types should also be supported, through functions over arrays and bitfield structs.