From 35d4b9f72bfbb1590f42a87bd796303034507265 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CarlosZoft <62192072+CarlosZoft@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:36:55 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat : add unsigned type for block negative number and
 improving description

---
 math/modular_inverse_simple.cpp | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/math/modular_inverse_simple.cpp b/math/modular_inverse_simple.cpp
index dd2b4bc65..8b92435d7 100644
--- a/math/modular_inverse_simple.cpp
+++ b/math/modular_inverse_simple.cpp
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_multiplicative_inverse
  */
 
-#include <cassert>
-#include <iostream>
+#include <cassert>   /// for assert
+#include <iostream>  /// for IO operations
 
 /**
  * @brief Function imod
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
  * @param y number
  * @returns the modular inverse
  */
-int imod(int x, int y) {
-    int aux = 0;
-    int itr = 0;
+uint64_t imod(uint64_t x, uint64_t y) {  // positive integer expected
+    uint64_t aux = 0;                    // auxiliary variable
+    uint64_t itr = 0;                    // iteration counter
 
     do {  // run the algorithm while not find the inverse
         aux = y * itr + 1;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int imod(int x, int y) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief Some test cases
+ * @brief  self-test implementations
  * @returns void
  */
 static void test() {
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ static void test() {
  * @returns 0 on exit
  */
 int main() {
-    test();  // run tests implementations
+    test();  // run  self-test implementations
 };