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Re: [OT] __builtin_cpow((0,0),(0,0))

Duncan Sands wrote:

if the Ada front-end has an efficient, accurate implementation
of x^y, wouldn't it make sense to move it to the back-end
(__builtin_pow) so everyone can benefit?


I don't know how efficient or accurate the current implementation
is (we are in the process of redoing our math routines from
scratch). A fair amount of rewriting would be needed (it's in
Ada of course right now, and the rules for raising exceptions
are different).

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