/* shift the units array to the left by pad digits and copy */
/* [this code is a special case of decShiftToMost, which could */
/* be used instead if exposed and the array were copied first] */
/* shift the units array to the left by pad digits and copy */
/* [this code is a special case of decShiftToMost, which could */
/* be used instead if exposed and the array were copied first] */